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Whitney, 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 29303. It stands on Betty Green Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spartanburg quadrangle.

Whitney 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.

Fires near this place

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Whitney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 504 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Natural2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot 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 Whitney: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North SpartanburgTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Spartanburg County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitney in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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
August 2011Flash FloodWhitney$50,000Significant flooding occurred throughout the city of Spartanburg, owing mainly to poor drainage. Multiple roads were closed across the city, with several cars stalled in deep water. Water also entered at least one building at Wofford College.
May 2015Flash FloodWhitney$5,000Law enforcement reported flash flooding along Chinquapin Creek after around 2 inches of rain fell in a very short period of time. Public reported water up to car bumpers on N Pine St, which was closed in the area around Highway 9 for a while.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindWhitney$5,000The metal roof was blown off a car wash on Parris Bridge Rd.
August 2024Flash FloodWhitney$1,000Emergency manager reported isolated flash flooding developed across northern Spartanburg County after 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. Fish Camp road was inundated by flood water, most likely from Little Buck Creek. Old Whitney Rd was closed on the north side of Spartanburg due to flooding from a tributary of Lawsons Fork Creek.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWhitney-County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down northeast of Spartanburg.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitney-Public reported two trees blown down on Graham Rd at California Ave.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWhitney-FD reported trees blown down on Asheville Highway and in the Drayton area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWhitney-A large tree was brought down on power lines on Beverly Dr about 4 miles north of town. Several large branches were brought down in the same 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Allen Acres0.4 miles18
Whitney Heights0.4 miles18
Lawson0.9 miles18
Lanier Heights1.2 miles18
Fairview Heights1.3 miles18
Drayton1.6 miles18
Farmfields1.6 miles18
Beverly Woods1.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231922. 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.