ZIP 29631 recorded 61 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 374 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pickens County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
374 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | |
| 2022 | 84 | |
| 2023 | 76 | |
| 2024 | 88 | |
| 2025 | 61 |
Jan peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29631 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 55 | 14.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 39 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 37 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 34 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 25 | 6.7% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29631 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 14 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 9 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 20.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 29.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 22.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 14 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 4 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 21 | 15.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29631 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 343% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $235,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $135,500 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29631.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | 358 | |
| 2 | Central | 3 | |
| 3 | Anderson | 1 | |
| 4 | Clemson University | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | SC | 0.50 | FIPS 45007 |
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 — 374 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.