ZIP 29601 recorded 153 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 915 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Greenville County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
915 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 181 | |
| 2022 | 177 | |
| 2023 | 173 | |
| 2024 | 231 | |
| 2025 | 153 |
Sep peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29601 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 136 | 14.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 113 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 83 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 74 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 58 | 6.3% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29601 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 39 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 29 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 18 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 59 | 28.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 98 | 47.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 30 | 14.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29601 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 532% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $218,914 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $125,151 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $111,164 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $73,533 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $68,505 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $67,863 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29601.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenville | 890 | |
| 2 | West Columbia | 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 — 915 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.