ZIP 29577 recorded 497 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,403 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Horry County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,403 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 525 | |
| 2022 | 439 | |
| 2023 | 484 | |
| 2024 | 458 | |
| 2025 | 497 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29577 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 277 | 11.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 244 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 208 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Special outside fire, other | 180 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 166 | 6.9% |
For the 61 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29577 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 253 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 111 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 110 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 110 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 89 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 87 | 8.1% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 37 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 29 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 245 | 22.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 534 | 49.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 128 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 84 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 71 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 71 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 31 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 30 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 21 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 101 | 9.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29577 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 129% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $2,500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $2,500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $420,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29577.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myrtle Beach | 2,398 | |
| 2 | Surfside Beach | 3 | |
| 3 | North Myrtle Beach | 2 |
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 — 2,403 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.