ZIP 29556 recorded 226 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,236 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Williamsburg County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,236 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 255 | |
| 2022 | 291 | |
| 2023 | 220 | |
| 2024 | 244 | |
| 2025 | 226 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29556 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 164 | 13.3% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 113 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Accident, potential accident, other | 112 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 109 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 90 | 7.3% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29556 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 194 | 29.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 102 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 77 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 60 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 45 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 42 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 103 | 15.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 387 | 58.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 68 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 27 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Match | 20 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 84 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29556 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 206% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $95,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29556.
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 — 1,236 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.