ZIP 29906 recorded 252 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,040 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Beaufort County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,040 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 201 | |
| 2022 | 167 | |
| 2023 | 188 | |
| 2024 | 232 | |
| 2025 | 252 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29906 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 211 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 144 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 92 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 82 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 74 | 7.1% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29906 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 94 | 21.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 81 | 18.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 32 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Other | 16 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 112 | 25.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 214 | 48.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 30 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 26 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 25 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 16 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 80 | 18.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29906 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 393% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $347,500 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $183,271 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29906.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beaufort | 567 | |
| 2 | Burton | 75 | |
| 3 | Port Royal | 7 | |
| 4 | Shell Point | 6 | |
| 5 | Seabrook | 4 |
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 — 1,040 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.