ZIP 29841 recorded 185 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,261 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Aiken County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,261 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 244 | |
| 2022 | 311 | |
| 2023 | 209 | |
| 2024 | 312 | |
| 2025 | 185 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29841 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 437 | 34.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 139 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 123 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 75 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 62 | 4.9% |
For the 54 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29841 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 107 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 80 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 72 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 61 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 40 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 37 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 35 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 15 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 154 | 25.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 285 | 47.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 77 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 54 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 29 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 15 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 13 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 96 | 16.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29841 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 616% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $273,042 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $235,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $206,600 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29841.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Augusta | 853 | |
| 2 | Belvedere | 362 | |
| 3 | Beech Island | 17 | |
| 4 | Jackson | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgefield County | SC | 0.50 | FIPS 45037 |
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 — 1,261 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.