ZIP 29693 recorded 68 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,193 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Oconee County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,193 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 187 | |
| 2022 | 295 | |
| 2023 | 314 | |
| 2024 | 329 | |
| 2025 | 68 |
Jun peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29693 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 319 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 193 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Accident, potential accident, other | 147 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 59 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 58 | 4.9% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29693 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 233 | 60.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 35 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 6 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 42 | 10.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 326 | 84.0% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 1.3% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 4 | 1.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 0.8% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 3 | 0.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 2 | 0.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 4.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29693 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 103000% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29693.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster | 865 | |
| 2 | Walhalla | 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 — 1,193 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.