ZIP 29585 recorded 72 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 448 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Georgetown County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
448 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 77 | |
| 2022 | 122 | |
| 2023 | 80 | |
| 2024 | 97 | |
| 2025 | 72 |
May peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29585 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 63 | 14.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 51 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 38 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 38 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 30 | 6.7% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29585 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 23 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 21 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Other | 6 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 45 | 31.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 9 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 19.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29585 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1301% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $399,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $336,100 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $313,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $220,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29585.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myrtle Beach | 2 | |
| 2 | 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 — 448 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.