BlockCool Springs, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Norman Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31771. The Survey maps it on the Ellenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Cool Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 894 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019COLQUITT002 |
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019COLQUITT001 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COLQUITT-009 |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-COLQUITT-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cool Springs in 5 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Lightning | Cool Springs | $1,000 | Lightning struck a well and resulted in a fire. |
| September 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Cool Springs | - | The Georgia Highway Patrol reported a brief tornado touchdown with no damage. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Cool Springs | - | A photo of hail measured at 2.5 inches in diameter was posted on social media from eastern Colquitt County not far from Ellenton. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Cool Springs | - | Golf ball size hail was reported in the Cool Springs area near Ellenton Omega Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cool Springs | - | A large truck trailer blew over in strong winds near Jr Suber Road and Ellenton Norman Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellenton | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bayboro (historical) | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pineboro | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Norman Park | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Crosland | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Barbers | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kirkwood | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Weldon (historical) | 9.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331454. 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.
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.