Gordon Springs, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30740. It stands on Gordon Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nickajack Gap quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gordon Springs within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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.

1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1935 USGS Nickajack Gap quadrangle1:24000
1946 USGS Nickajack Gap quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Nickajack Gap quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

424 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Gordon Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,897 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 89 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	260
Arson/incendiarism	89
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Recreation and ceremony	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Natural	8
Smoking	5

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	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gordon Springs (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Naomi Area	Iron	Past Producer	Stratabound Concordant

Every working recorded in Whitfield 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
Trickum	4.0 miles	25
Mount Vernon	4.9 miles	25
Mill Creek	5.3 miles	25
Callaway Mill	6.7 miles	25
Rocky Face	6.7 miles	25
Hassler Mill	7.1 miles	25
Tunnel Hill	7.7 miles	25
Crown Mill Village	8.8 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353427. 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.