ZIP 29407 recorded 313 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,802 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Charleston County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,802 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 373 | |
| 2022 | 411 | |
| 2023 | 332 | |
| 2024 | 373 | |
| 2025 | 313 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29407 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 258 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 249 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 181 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 180 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 169 | 9.4% |
For the 50 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29407 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 104 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 85 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 50 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 38 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 36 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 15 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 15 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 158 | 30.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 227 | 43.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 60 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 44 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 43 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 27 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 21 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 13.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29407 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 172% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Water vehicle fire | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $609,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $251,100 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29407.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston | 1,618 | |
| 2 | Elloree | 3 | |
| 3 | Kiawah Island | 3 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.50 | FIPS 45015 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,802 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.