Bold Springs, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Campton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30656. It stands on Williamson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bold Springs quadrangle.

Bold Springs within Walton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Bold Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Bold Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 384 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 31 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	62
Arson/incendiarism	31
Misuse of fire by a minor	17
Natural	9
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4

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 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2002	Debris and open burning	4.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-WALTON-005
7 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Debris and open burning	4.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bold Springs: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Smith Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
	Thompson Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

1 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bold Springs in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 tornado. The reports record 9 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
June 1994	Tornado (F1)	Bold Springs	9 hurt, $500,000	A tornado touched down along Georgia Highway 81 and damaged at four businesses, tore the steeple of Bold Springs Baptist Church and downed several trees and power lines. At least four homes were heavily damaged and a couple of trailers were severely damaged. Damage to homes was missing roofs or smashed windows. Residents of the damaged homes heard the sound of a loud train as the tornado passed overhead. Nine injuries were reported due to wind blown or toppled debris from damaged homes. Two chicken houses were destroyed and three others moderately damaged by the tornadic winds.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Windsor	2.6 miles	18
Nicholasville	3.4 miles	16
Campton	4.8 miles	17
Split Silk	5.4 miles	16
Walker Park	5.6 miles	17
Between	5.8 miles	16
Loganville	6.8 miles	16
Overlook Point	7.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354806. 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.

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.