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Blue Springs, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Acworth-Kennesaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30144. It stands on John Henry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Acworth quadrangle.

Blue Springs within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Blue Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 381 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 62 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/incendiarism62
Debris and open burning52
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PAULDING004
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Blue Springs: 11 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Chalker MineMicaPast Producer
Kennesaw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
CoxGoldPast ProducerVein
Freeman MineGoldPast Producer
GarrisonGoldProspectPlacer
HamiltonGoldProspectPlacer
Hamilton MineGoldPast Producer
House MineGoldPast Producer
J. B. Kemp ProspectGoldPast Producer
J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property)GoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Kennesaw Acres0.7 miles24
Calumet Woods0.7 miles24
Lakeview Heights0.8 miles24
Laurel Hills0.9 miles24
North Bend0.9 miles24
Countryside Estates0.9 miles24
Owens Meadows1.0 miles24
Mars Hill Downs1.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686326. 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.