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Nine Times, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Six Mile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29685. It stands on Katoma Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sunset quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.

Nine Times within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Nine Times between 1992 and 2020, burning about 606 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Debris and open burning41
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural8
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2014Fireworks2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nine Times: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Harvey Harper ProspectMicaProspect
Kirksey ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nine Times in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailNine Times-Public reported quarter size hail along Highway 11 near Little Eastatoee Rd.
May 2024HailNine Times-A CoCoRaHS observer and the public reported quarter to half dollar size hail across western Pickens County.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindNine Times-Law enforcement reported at least two trees blown down in the Nine Times area.
April 2020HailNine Times-Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail on Concord Church Rd.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNine Times-County comms reported a couple of trees and power lines blown down near Nine Times.
March 2017HailNine Times-Public reported pea to quarter sized hail at the Reserve at Lake Keowee.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindNine Times-Public reported multiple trees blown down at the Reserve at Lake Keowee.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindNine Times-A tree was down on Newton Rd and part of a tree fell on a cabin in the same area. Also, a road was blocked by trees in the same area.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNine Times-Two trees were blown down west of Sunset.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNine Times-Trees were blown down on Little Eastatoee Rd near highway 11, southward to Newton Rd 6 miles west of town.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNine Times-Multiple trees were blown down, mainly from the Six Mile area east into Pumpkintown.
June 2009HailNine Times-Hail up to the size of pennies covered the ground. Also, a tree was blown down in this area.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindNine Times-A tree was blown down on highway 133 and another on highway 11 near Nine Times.
August 2010HailNine Times-no account filed
June 2009HailNine Times-no account filed
June 2009HailNine Times-no account filed
June 2009HailNine Times-no account filed
July 2006HailNine Times-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindNine Times-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pickens County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Crow Creek3.8 miles16
Eastatoe3.9 miles19
Sunset4.9 miles16
Nimmons5.2 miles16
Terrapin Crossroads6.8 miles16
Prices Store (historical)6.9 miles16
Midway7.4 miles17
Pearidge7.5 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Nine TimesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709598The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1225053. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.