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Gum Springs, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the White-Pine Log census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30184. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the White West quadrangle.

Gum Springs within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Gum Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,151 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 109 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/incendiarism109
Debris and open burning107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-GORDON-001
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-011
6 September 2008Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-019
5 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow 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 Gum Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Rob Shinall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Dewey Crossroads2.1 miles19
Folsom2.7 miles19
Sophia (historical)2.9 miles19
Pine Log3.1 miles20
Bolivar4.0 miles20
Rydal4.1 miles20
Pleasant Valley4.3 miles19
Simpson Crossroads4.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356126. 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.