ZIP 29620 recorded 174 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 768 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Abbeville County, SC.
768 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 188 | |
| 2022 | 200 | |
| 2023 | 90 | |
| 2024 | 116 | |
| 2025 | 174 |
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29620 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accident, potential accident, other | 134 | 17.4% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 101 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 90 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 86 | 11.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 60 | 7.8% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29620 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 39 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 34 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 21 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Other | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 55 | 25.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 86 | 40.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 15 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 9 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29620 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 220% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $175,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Outside storage fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29620.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbeville | 745 | |
| 2 | Calhoun Falls | 1 | |
| 3 | Iva | 1 | |
| 4 | Ware Shoals | 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 — 768 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.