Unity, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Unity, South Carolina, shaded from 530 ft on the northwest side to 660 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
660 ft 205 m630 ft 190 m610 ft 185 m580 ft 175 m540 ft 165 m530 ft 160 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Unity sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 560–620 ft
Lowest
530 ft 160 m
on the northwest side
Highest
660 ft 205 m
on the northeast side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Unity spans about 130 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
660 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
530 ft160 m
Town center
USGS map point for Unity
630 ft190 m
Airport (N52)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.5 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
602 ft183 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Unity, South Carolina, shaded from 530 ft on the northwest side to 660 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
Population
325 2020 Census
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
154 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.7976° N, 80.6990° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Jaars-Townsend (N52) 602 ft
ZIP codes 1
29720
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Buford670 ft
  2. Mineral Springs, NC620 ft
  3. Unity610 ft
  4. Waxhaw, NC570 ft
  5. Elgin560 ft
  6. Van Wyck560 ft
  7. JAARS, NC540 ft
  8. Springdale, Lancaster County520 ft
  9. Tradesville520 ft
  10. Irwin510 ft
  11. Lancaster490 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Forty Acre Rock620 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Unity is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.