Cloud Springs, Georgia
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Oglethorpe-Lakeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30742. The Survey maps it on the Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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 Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Cloud Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 602 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 64 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 | 129 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-007 |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park | HAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cloud Springs: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Ore Bank Area | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Mcfarland Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Alton Park Tract | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1952 | |
| Alton Park Tract | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bennett Mine No. 1 | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Bennett No.2 Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Chatanooga Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dave L Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| General Shale Georgia Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Mccallie Tunnel Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloud Springs in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Cloud Springs | $250,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 110 mph and a maximum path width of 350 yards touched down on the south side of Fort Oglethorpe, near the Chickamauga Battlefield National Park Visitor Center, snapping several trees near the intersection of Post Road and Lafayette Road. The tornado strengthened quickly as it moved northeast and approached the industrial area of Fort Oglethorpe along Battlefield Parkway. Several businesses sustained structural damage, including a metal building structure along Howard Drive completely losing an exterior wall and part of its roof. It was in this area that a weather station at the Fort Oglethorpe Public Works Department measured a wind gust of 106 MPH. The tornado continued to the northeast, snapping or uprooting trees with a few homes sustaining roof and siding damage from Park Forrest Drive along Cloud Springs Road to Carrol Drive and Karen Drive. The tornado crossed I-75 around Scruggs Road, then crossed the Tennessee-Georgia state line between Scruggs Road and Georgia Highway 41. [04/12/20: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF-1, Catoosa, 2020:010]. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloud Springs | $5,000 | The Catoosa County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from around the intersection of Lafayette Road and Alexander Bridge Road south of Fort Oglethorpe to around the intersection of Three Notch Road and Battlefield Parkway west of Ringgold. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Cloud Springs | $5,000 | The Catoosa County Emergency Management Director reported that several apartments near Battle Creek Parkway in Fort Oglethorpe were flooded with water into the first floors of the buildings. In addition, twelve roads across the northern part of the county were closed because of flooding. Damage was confined mostly to debris removal. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloud Springs | $4,000 | A trained spotter reported numerous large branches and power lines blown down around the intersection of Lafayette Road and West Forrest Road. Power was out around the hospital in Ft. Oglethorpe. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloud Springs | $1,000 | Tree down at intersection of lafayette road and harker rd in fort oglethorpe. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloud Springs | - | An amateur radio operator recorded a 62 mph wind gust at Battlefield Parkway and Fant Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Acres | 0.2 miles | 28 | |
| Midway | 0.2 miles | 28 | |
| Dallondale | 0.4 miles | 28 | |
| Pinewood Estates | 0.4 miles | 28 | |
| Waverly Park | 0.7 miles | 28 | |
| McDonald Acres | 0.9 miles | 28 | |
| Fort Oglethorpe | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Lakeview | 1.1 miles | 28 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554113 | 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 353233. 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.












