ZIP 29582 recorded 139 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,231 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Horry County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,231 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 258 | |
| 2022 | 333 | |
| 2023 | 233 | |
| 2024 | 268 | |
| 2025 | 139 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29582 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 167 | 13.6% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 158 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 132 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 111 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 110 | 8.9% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29582 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 59 | 12.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 55 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 41 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 41 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 27 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 24 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 14 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 175 | 37.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 170 | 36.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 66 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 38 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 33 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Fireworks | 31 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 28 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 65 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29582 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 863% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $933,348 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Water vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $445,072 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $445,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $445,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $380,627 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29582.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Myrtle Beach | 1,198 | |
| 2 | Little River | 4 | |
| 3 | Myrtle Beach | 2 | |
| 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 — 1,231 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.