ZIP 29520 recorded 192 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 964 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chesterfield County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
964 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 187 | |
| 2022 | 178 | |
| 2023 | 207 | |
| 2024 | 200 | |
| 2025 | 192 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29520 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 170 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 109 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 77 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 70 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 55 | 5.7% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29520 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 109 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 43 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 33 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 30 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 17 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 17 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 13 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 94 | 24.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 155 | 39.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 34 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 23 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 23 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 19 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 19 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 17.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29520 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 172% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $420,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $200,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29520.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheraw | 738 | |
| 2 | Bennettsville | 5 | |
| 3 | Chesterfield | 1 | |
| 4 | Wallace | 1 |
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 — 964 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.