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Sandy Springs, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It lies near McCauley Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Indian Mountain quadrangle.

Sandy Springs within Cherokee 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

313 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,657 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 210 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
Arson/incendiarism210
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism37 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined134 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-13
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Springs: 34 past producers, 16 unknowns, 10 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Kaolin, Water, Free. 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
Daughdrill Prospect-Rock Run A.ManganeseProspect1949
Arrington PitIron, ManganeseProspect1949
Erwin Brown Ore PitIron, ManganesePast Producer1949
Northeastern AlababaCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1918
W.C. Pope ProspectCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1918
Central Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
North Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
West Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
Asbury Prospect 1Aluminum, KaolinProspect
Estes ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Adams Crossroads0.7 miles18
Forney2.2 miles18
Bauxite2.7 miles18
Key2.8 miles18
Exie3.1 miles18
Rock Run3.1 miles18
McCord Crossroads3.6 miles18
Whorton4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157015. 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.