ZIP 31312 recorded 165 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 739 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Effingham County, GA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
739 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 124 | |
| 2022 | 144 | |
| 2023 | 149 | |
| 2024 | 157 | |
| 2025 | 165 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 31312 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 108 | 14.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 80 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 70 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 66 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 63 | 8.5% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 31312 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 119 | 25.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 69 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 67 | 14.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 57 | 12.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 10 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 82 | 17.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 168 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 54 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 27 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 26 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 22 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 18 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 18 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 112 | 24.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 31312 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 350% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $164,763 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $78,742 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $12,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $5,734 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $5,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $2,500 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 31312.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyton | 712 | |
| 2 | Springfield | 4 | |
| 3 | Bloomingdale | 3 | |
| 4 | Rincon | 2 |
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 — 739 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.