BlockBlue Spring, Georgia
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boynton Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
373 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Blue Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 582 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 219 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CATOOSA002 |
| 9 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CATOOSA001 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-006 |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park | HAY |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALKER-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blue Spring in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 8 deaths and 30 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF4) | Blue Spring | 8 killed, 30 hurt, $25,000,000 | A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF4 tornado, the first of this intensity to occur within the Peachtree City, Georgia county warning area (CWA), touched down in Catoosa county, just southwest of Ringgold along Davis Ridge Road. The tornado tracked across Interstate-75 at mile marker 348 then continued on into and through the city of Ringgold before tracking northeast toward Cohutta and then into Hamilton and eventually Bradley county, Tennessee. The tornado tracked nearly 12 miles through Catoosa county. Major devastation was observed throughout the north side of the city of Ringgold. The worst damage occurred on Cherokee Valley Road on the north side of Ringgold where 12 homes were obliterated. An additional 80 to 90 homes sustained major damage from the tornado. In addition, several commercial businesses, including restaurants and motels, at exit 348 on Interstate-75 were destroyed. There were eight fatalities and 30 injuries reported with this tornado. Seven of the eight deaths occurred on Cherokee Valley Road, which was heavily devastated by the tornado. Most of the tornado victims lived within 200 yards of each other and were killed when their homes collapsed around them. Finally, hundreds of trees and dozens of power lines and utility poles were also destroyed by the tornado. This was by far the deadliest and most devastating of the 15 tornadoes to affect north and central Georgia during this tornado outbreak.||Total damages from Catoosa county consist of 74 destroyed homes and/or businesses, 60 with major damage, and 118 with minor damage for a total of 252 affected structures.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #4, County #1-1, EF4, Catoosa, 2011:013]. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Spring | $8,000 | The Catoosa County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the southern portion of the county from Old Three Notch Road to Bandy Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Spring | $6,000 | The Catoosa County 911 center reported multiple trees down across the southwestern portion of the county from around the intersection of Three Notch Road and Burning Bush Road to Temperance Hall Road. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Spring | $3,000 | The Catoosa County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto power lines along Burning Bush Road between Battleview Drive and Three Notch Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Spring | $1,000 | Tree reported down in the roadway at the intersection of old three notch rd and three notch rd. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Spring | $1,000 | Tree down in 3500 block of Burning Bush Rd . |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Spring | $1,000 | Report of tree down in road at Charity Ln and Old Three Notch Rd. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Bush | 1.6 miles | 28 | |
| Post Oak | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Red Belt | 1.9 miles | 28 | |
| Beaumount | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Pisgah | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Boynton | 3.7 miles | 28 | |
| East Boynton | 4.4 miles | 28 | |
| Ellie Spring | 4.4 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326142. 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.
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.