ZIP 29579 recorded 286 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,067 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Horry County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,067 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 206 | |
| 2022 | 143 | |
| 2023 | 215 | |
| 2024 | 217 | |
| 2025 | 286 |
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29579 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 116 | 10.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 105 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 65 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 65 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 57 | 5.3% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29579 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 54 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 32 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 31 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 107 | 35.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 130 | 43.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 26 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Lightning | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 53 | 17.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29579 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 257% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29579.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myrtle Beach | 1,050 | |
| 2 | Conway | 12 | |
| 3 | Marion | 1 | |
| 4 | Surfside 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 — 1,067 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.