Una, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spartanburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29301. The Survey maps it on the Spartanburg quadrangle. It stands 886 feet above sea level.

Una within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1947 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1949 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Una between 1992 and 2020, burning about 446 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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	80
Debris and open burning	31
Misuse of fire by a minor	16
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Fireworks	2
Smoking	2
Natural	2
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2011	Fireworks	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Una: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	North Spartanburg	Titanium, Iron	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Una in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
October 2017	Tornado (EF2)	Una	1 hurt, $1,000,000	Nws survey found that a second, more intense tornado touched down on the northwest side of Spartanburg, along Business 85 near Spartanburg Community College. The tornado reached its peak intensity almost immediately upon touching down, as a warehouse building near the intersection of Spring St and Simuel Rd suffered extensive damage, with the collapse of an exterior wall, and much of the roof removed. Multiple trailers were damaged or destroyed and several cars flipped in a parking lot at an adjacent business at\|Garrett Rd and Spring St. A person who sought shelter in a glass booth under a metal awning structure at this location was hospitalized with burst ear drums due to the extreme change in air pressure. A warehouse building also lost much of its roofing here. The tornado continued east/northeast, paralleling Business 85, snapping trees along New Cut Rd, and collapsing a wall at another warehouse style building on Buffington Rd. The tornado appeared to weaken considerably from this point, with damage primarily limited to downed trees and limbs until the path ended near the intersection of Business 85 and Highway 9.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Una	$50,000	Ham radio operators reported flash flooding developed across portions of Spartanburg County, particularly in the Boiling Springs area, after 2.5 to 4.5 inches of rain fell in just a couple of hours. The primary impacts were along a couple of tributaries of Lawsons Fork Creek on the north side of Spartanburg. Vehicles were submerged in flood waters from these streams at Yellow Brick Rd and Lone Oak Rd, at Monks Grove Church Rd and Asheville Highway, and at Shadow Dance Lane and Old John Dodd Rd. A home was also flooded on Shadow Dance Lane. Additionally, street flooding due to poor drainage was reported at Asheville Highway and White Ave, and in areas around Lake Cooley and Apalachee Lake.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Una	$20,000	Newspaper reported a billboard blown down on Asheville Highway, which significantly damaged about a half dozen vehicles at an auto dealership. Trees and power lines were also blown down in the area.

Every storm recorded in Spartanburg 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ridgewood Heights	0.4 miles	18
Saxon	0.6 miles	18
Hayne Station	0.6 miles	18
Glenwood (historical)	0.7 miles	18
Hilltop	1.0 miles	18
Johnson City	1.0 miles	18
Belvedere	1.1 miles	18
Arcadia	1.3 miles	18

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 Una	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988789	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 1231878. 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.