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Double Springs, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30121. It stands on Carter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Allatoona Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Double Springs within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

279 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of Double Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,171 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 130 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
Arson/incendiarism130
Debris and open burning91
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-018
19 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-016
19 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 251 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 251 workings within 5 miles of Double Springs (historical): 130 occurrences, 62 past producers, 53 unknowns, 4 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese. 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
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
VaughnManganese, CobaltPast Producer
AllatoonaTitaniumOccurrence
Allatoona Dam DepositTitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954
Georgia Barium PocherBarium-Barite, ManganesePast Producer1917
Lot 261Barium-Barite, ManganeseUnknown1954
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Happy Hollow0.9 miles22
Center1.5 miles22
Corbin2.0 miles22
Rowland Spring2.2 miles22
East Boxwood Estates2.3 miles22
Hidden Hills2.3 miles19
Holly Spring3.1 miles22
Buena Vista3.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334269. 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.