Cureton Springs, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Grantville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30263. The Survey maps it on the Newnan South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cureton Springs within Coweta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Newnan South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

295 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Cureton Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 935 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 31 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	176
Arson/incendiarism	31
Misuse of fire by a minor	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Natural	13
Recreation and ceremony	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	9
Smoking	7

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 2012	Natural	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-COWETA-005
6 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	8.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-COWETA-002
28 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2004	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 August 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coweta County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cureton Springs (historical): 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. 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
	Mrs J D Moreland's Property	Granite	Prospect
	Sam Hill Quarry	Granite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Coweta 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stephens Crossroad	0.8 miles	10
Cedar Trace	2.6 miles	10
Bohanon Crossroad	2.8 miles	10
Woodsmoke	3.2 miles	10
Oaklawn	3.5 miles	10
Moreland	3.8 miles	10
Smokey Acres	3.9 miles	10
Pine Hills	4.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350794. 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.