ZIP 29720 recorded 742 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 4,571 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
4,571 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 738 | |
| 2022 | 1,186 | |
| 2023 | 1,129 | |
| 2024 | 776 | |
| 2025 | 742 |
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29720 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 788 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 691 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 673 | 14.7% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 333 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 330 | 7.2% |
For the 120 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29720 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 215 | 29.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 209 | 29.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 24 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 130 | 18.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 398 | 55.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 68 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 35 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 32 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 28 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 16 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 91 | 12.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29720 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $418,100 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $214,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $202,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29720.
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 — 4,571 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.