ZIP 31326 recorded 128 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 848 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Effingham County, GA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
848 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 174 | |
| 2022 | 206 | |
| 2023 | 165 | |
| 2024 | 175 | |
| 2025 | 128 |
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 31326 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 103 | 12.1% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 84 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 78 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 65 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 56 | 6.6% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 31326 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 63 | 14.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 56 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 54 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 47 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 31 | 7.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 111 | 26.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 184 | 43.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 32 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 23 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 22 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 94 | 22.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 31326 across 2021–2025. These 5 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $71,640 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $1,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 31326.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincon | 619 | |
| 2 | Guyton | 1 | |
| 3 | Springfield | 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 — 848 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.