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Carlier Springs, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. The Survey maps it on the Wax quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Carlier Springs within Floyd 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

449 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 449 fires within 5 miles of Carlier Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,924 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 141 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 burning188
Arson/incendiarism141
Equipment and vehicle use46
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking9
Natural5

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FLOYD003
6 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021FLOYD001
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
5 September 1997Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Carlier Springs (historical): 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Manganese. 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
Pattillo PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Johnson PropertyIronPast Producer
Sullins ProspectIron, AluminumOccurrence
Washington BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Cochran MineAluminumPast Producer
Evans ProspectAluminumProspect
Fomby MineAluminumPast Producer
Freeman ProspectAluminumProspect
Kirkland MineAluminumPast Producer
Ritch ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Chulio Hills1.2 miles18
Nottingham Estates1.4 miles18
Etowah1.6 miles18
Bryants Mill (historical)1.6 miles18
Twickenham1.9 miles18
Woodpin Estates2.1 miles18
Callier Springs Heights2.2 miles18
Freemans (historical)2.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353562. 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.