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Union, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Prosperity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29108. The Survey maps it on the Newberry East quadrangle.

Union within Newberry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2019, burning about 199 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newberry 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 Union: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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
Unidentified Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous
Unnamed Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, DimensionPast ProducerIgneous

Every working recorded in Newberry 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
Bachman Chapel1.7 miles13
Taylors Crossroads1.8 miles14
Southeast Newberry2.5 miles13
Saint Phillips2.6 miles13
Boyd2.7 miles12
Prosperity4.1 miles12
Newberry4.6 miles13
Sondleys (historical)4.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231879. 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.