ZIP 29801 recorded 245 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,777 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Aiken County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,777 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 340 | |
| 2022 | 415 | |
| 2023 | 374 | |
| 2024 | 403 | |
| 2025 | 245 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29801 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 361 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 356 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 166 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 143 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 61 | 3.4% |
For the 48 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29801 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 113 | 12.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 113 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 108 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 103 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 92 | 9.9% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 84 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 45 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 26 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 242 | 26.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 285 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 93 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 93 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 75 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 51 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 42 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 36 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 36 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 215 | 23.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29801 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1664% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $310,200 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $310,200 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $248,450 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29801.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aiken | 1,354 | |
| 2 | Wagener | 1 | |
| 3 | Warrenville | 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 — 1,777 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.