ZIP 29851 recorded 136 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 581 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Aiken County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
581 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68 | |
| 2022 | 110 | |
| 2023 | 120 | |
| 2024 | 147 | |
| 2025 | 136 |
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29851 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 220 | 37.9% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 54 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 42 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 31 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 30 | 5.2% |
For the 47 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29851 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 142 | 55.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 39 | 15.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 189 | 73.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 5.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 7.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29851 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 101% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $3,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $400 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $200 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29851.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warrenville | 558 | |
| 2 | Burnettown | 4 | |
| 3 | Beech Island | 2 | |
| 4 | Gloverville | 2 | |
| 5 | Graniteville | 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 — 581 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.