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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.

Cloud Springs within Catoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

281 since 1992

Regional 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 burning129
Arson/incendiarism64
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-007
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChickamauga & Chattanooga National Military ParkHAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hall Ore Bank AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Mcfarland MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Alton Park TractStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1952
Alton Park TractClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Bennett Mine No. 1AluminumPast Producer
Bennett No.2 ProspectAluminumProspect
Chatanooga MineClayUnknown
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Shale Georgia PitClayProducer
Mccallie Tunnel ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Catoosa County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Cloud Springs$250,000A 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 2018Thunderstorm WindCloud Springs$5,000The 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 2011FloodCloud Springs$5,000The 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 2019Thunderstorm WindCloud Springs$4,000A 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 2025Thunderstorm WindCloud Springs$1,000Tree down at intersection of lafayette road and harker rd in fort oglethorpe.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCloud Springs-An amateur radio operator recorded a 62 mph wind gust at Battlefield Parkway and Fant Drive.

Every storm recorded in Catoosa 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
Green Acres0.2 miles28
Midway0.2 miles28
Dallondale0.4 miles28
Pinewood Estates0.4 miles28
Waverly Park0.7 miles28
McDonald Acres0.9 miles28
Fort Oglethorpe1.0 miles28
Lakeview1.1 miles28

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 Q122554113The 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.