ZIP 29926 recorded 250 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,568 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Beaufort County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,568 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 177 | |
| 2022 | 383 | |
| 2023 | 379 | |
| 2024 | 379 | |
| 2025 | 250 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29926 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Authorized controlled burning | 1,037 | 66.1% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 101 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 53 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 46 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 42 | 2.7% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29926 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 13.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 23 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 9 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 74 | 36.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 74 | 36.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 16 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 15 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 39 | 19.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29926 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 241% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $715,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $510,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $491,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $198,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $116,058 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29926.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilton Head Island | 1,557 | |
| 2 | Bluffton | 8 | |
| 3 | Hardeeville | 2 | |
| 4 | Ridgeland | 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 — 1,568 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.