Clearwater Springs, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Meansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30256. The Survey maps it on the Zebulon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Zebulon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
329 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 329 fires within 5 miles of Clearwater Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,186 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 30 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 | 218 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 7 |
| 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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PIKE003 |
| 18 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-UPSON-005 |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-UPSON-004 |
| 12 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Clearwater Springs: 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.M.Hartley Property | Manganese, Iron | Prospect | ||
| F M Thompson Property | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J.A.Partridge Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Partridge Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Thompson Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clearwater Springs in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Clearwater Springs | $10,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that yet another tornado had touched down in the far southeast corner of Pike county and traveled 30 miles across Lamar, Monroe, and into extreme southern Butts county before finally lifting. The tornado began as an EF1 in Pike county before strengthening into an EF3 as it moved across Lamar county, then weakened back to an EF2 as it moved across Monroe and finally an EF0 as it briefly crossed into extreme southeast Butts county. This tornado was spawned by the same supercell thunderstorm that generated the EF2 tornado across Harris, Meriwether, and Upson counties earlier. The tornado touched down in Pike county on U.S. Highway 19 approximately three miles south of Meansville. The tornado tracked through a mostly rural area of Pike county and as such damage was confined primarily to a number of downed trees and several power lines. There were no fatalities or injuries within Pike county from this tornado.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #12, County #1-4, EF3, Pike-Lamar-Monroe-Butts, 2011:021]. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Clearwater Springs | - | The Emergency Manager reported flooding of Vega Road from high water on a Threemile Creek tributary. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that an additional 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Hill | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Vega | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Old Newnan (historical) | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Meansville | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lifsey | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Zebulon | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Weaver (historical) | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Smiths Chapel | 7.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331414. 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.




