Cave Spring, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cave Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30124. It lies near Dardy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cedartown West quadrangle. 1,174 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
On record in Cave Spring
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 25 shown
John M. Carroll Houselisted 1980
Cave Spring Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1980
Chubb Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1990
Wesley O. Conner Houselisted 1980
William D. Cowdry Plantationlisted 1980
Fairview Schoollisted 2017
Joseph Ford Houselisted 1980
John T. Mann Houselisted 1980
Samuel W. Robbins Houselisted 1980- Carroll-Harper Houselisted 1980
- Carroll-Richardson Grist Milllisted 1980
- Cave Spring Female Academylisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresCave Spring fell from 1,200 to 1,174 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,200 | |
| 2020 | 1,174 | -26 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cedartown West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
297 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Cave Spring between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,553 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 130 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/incendiarism | 130 |
| Debris and open burning | 126 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FLOYD-009 |
| 6 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FLOYD-008 |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-FLOYD-027 |
| 16 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-FLOYD-021 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Cave Spring: 20 past producers, 10 occurrences, 7 prospects, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Aluminum, Iron, Cobalt, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callahan Property Cave Spring | Manganese, Cobalt | Past Producer | ||
| Gibson Mine | Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel | Producer | Residual | |
| Spence Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Berkstresser Prop Cave Spring | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Callahan | Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt | Unknown | Residual | |
| Mccollum | Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt | Unknown | Residual | |
| Mccollum Prospect Cave Spring | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Cave Spring-A | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Cave Spring-B | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Cave Spring-C | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cave Spring in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Hail | Cave Spring | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vans Valley | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Chubbtown | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Landers (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Yancey (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Foster Mills | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Haney | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cunningham | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Melson | 5.9 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cave Spring | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3261108 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355041. 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.









