Ninety Six, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ninety Six census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29666. It stands on Brightmans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ninety Six quadrangle. 2,076 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
On record in Ninety Six
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
Ninety Six National Historic SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1969
Kinard Houselisted 2007
Moore-Kinard Houselisted 1983
Southern Railway Depotlisted 2011- Edgewood Schoollisted 2024
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Lake Greenwood State Park, 302 State Park Road, Ninety Sixfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
3 figuresNinety Six grew from 1,936 to 2,076 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,936 | |
| 2010 | 1,998 | +62 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 2,076 | +78 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Ninety-Six quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ninety-Six quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Ninety Six between 1992 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ninety Six in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Lightning | Ninety Six | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | $5,000 | EM and newspaper reported multiple trees, limbs, and power lines blown down in the Ninety-Six area, with one tree on a garage on Lowell St. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | $5,000 | A tree was blown onto a vehicle. |
| June 2000 | Lightning | Ninety Six | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | $2,000 | Public reported a large tree limb fell on a house. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines in the Ninety Six area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | NWS storm survey found a swath of downburst damage on the grounds of the Ninety Six National Historic Park. Numerous trees were blown down from north-to-south across the park, with the most significant damage observed near the southern boundary. Emergency manager reported some damage that extended to areas just south of the park. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | County comms reported trees blown down along Highway 702. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | County comms reported multiple power lines blown down in Ninety Six, including on Cambridge St. Two trees were also blown down on Pheasant Road near the Saluda County line. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | Media reported trees blown down in the Ninety Six area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | PD reported multiple trees blown down from near Ninety Six to the Laurens County line. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | County comms reported several large tree limbs blown down across Ninety Six National Historic Site. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | Trees were blown down around the Ninety Six community, including along Louden Rd about 3 miles southwest of town, Gervais St in town and Watts Bridge Rd 2.5 miles north of town. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | Large tree limbs were blown down at Ninety Six National Historic Site. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | Several trees were blown down between Greenwood and Ninety Six. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | Trees were blown down around the Ninety-Six area. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | A couple of trees were blown down in Ninety Six. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | Power lines blown down in a subdivision near highway 34. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Ninety Six | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ninety Six | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninety Six | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Heights | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Springdale | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cherry Hill | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cambridge (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Godsey | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Magnolia Place | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pinehurst | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fairforest | 4.2 miles | 15 |
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 Ninety Six | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2003674 | The 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 1249874. 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.
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.





