The village was classified as a "hamlet" by the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[2]
The population in 1948 was 868.
1948 and aftermath
Khirbat Umm Sabuna presumably became depopulated as part of Operation Gideon, between 16 and 21 May, 1948.[2] Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel. Kibbutz Neve Ur was established in 1949, 1 km east of the village site.[2]
In 1992, the village site was described: "Only stone rubble remains on the village site. An orchard owned by the Neve Ur kibbutz is on village land. The hilly areas around the site are used by Israeli farmers for grazing."[2]