Cohutta Springs, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Crandall-Eton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30711. It stands on Cohutta Springs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tennga quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 22 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 Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cuhutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Cohutta Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,602 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 51 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 | 127 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HICKORY RIDGE |
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | TURTLE |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | OVERLOOK FIRE |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MURRAY-004 |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MURRAY-001 |
| 23 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cohutta Springs: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| White Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| C.C. and J.H. Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hickey Property Mine-A? | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| J.K. Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| John Johnson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Lafollette Coal and Iron Co Prosp | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Poteet Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Cohutta (historical) | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Crandall | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Temple Grove | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Sumac | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Cisco | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Eton | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Gregory | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hasslers Mill | 5.5 miles | 21 |
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 Q122545392 | 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 331430. 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.














