ZIP 29501 recorded 344 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,042 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Darlington County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,042 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 403 | |
| 2022 | 407 | |
| 2023 | 403 | |
| 2024 | 485 | |
| 2025 | 344 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 336 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 181 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 170 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 162 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 152 | 7.4% |
For the 66 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 150 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 139 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 117 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 91 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 86 | 8.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 61 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 49 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 24 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 252 | 26.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 494 | 51.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 86 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 69 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 69 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 51 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 21 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 18 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 137 | 14.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29501 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 117% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29501.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence | 1,953 | |
| 2 | Timmonsville | 24 | |
| 3 | Darlington | 9 | |
| 4 | Quinby | 2 | |
| 5 | Sumter | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence County | SC | 1.00 | FIPS 45041 |
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 — 2,042 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.