ZIP 29853 recorded 79 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 427 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Aiken County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
427 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 104 | |
| 2022 | 66 | |
| 2023 | 74 | |
| 2024 | 104 | |
| 2025 | 79 |
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29853 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 117 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 64 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 41 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 33 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 27 | 6.3% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29853 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 15 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 33 | 22.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 80 | 54.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 9 | 6.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 21 | 14.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29853 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 230% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29853.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williston | 406 | |
| 2 | Barnwell | 4 | |
| 3 | Blackville | 3 | |
| 4 | Columbia | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnwell County | SC | 1.00 | FIPS 45011 |
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 — 427 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.