ZIP 29550 recorded 298 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,030 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chesterfield County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,030 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 435 | |
| 2022 | 506 | |
| 2023 | 386 | |
| 2024 | 405 | |
| 2025 | 298 |
Feb peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29550 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 349 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 243 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 161 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 155 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 147 | 7.2% |
For the 58 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29550 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 450 | 39.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 180 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 81 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 76 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 62 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 23 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 190 | 16.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 820 | 71.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 47 | 4.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 39 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 37 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 21 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 21 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 16 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 128 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29550 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 71% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $440,800 | Special outside fire, other | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $170,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $167,300 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $143,900 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $131,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29550.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartsville | 1,959 | |
| 2 | Darlington | 21 | |
| 3 | Lamar | 13 | |
| 4 | McBee | 8 | |
| 5 | Chesterfield | 3 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington County | SC | 1.00 | FIPS 45031 |
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 — 2,030 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.