ZIP 29572 recorded 123 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 634 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Horry County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
634 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 | |
| 2022 | 121 | |
| 2023 | 131 | |
| 2024 | 134 | |
| 2025 | 123 |
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29572 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 87 | 13.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 81 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 60 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 35 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 30 | 4.7% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29572 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 14.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 16 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 76 | 34.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 78 | 35.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 26 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29572 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 992% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $99,200 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $99,200 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29572.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myrtle Beach | 631 | |
| 2 | North Myrtle Beach | 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 — 634 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.