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Holly Spring, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the White-Pine Log census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30184. It lies near Wildcat Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Allatoona Dam quadrangle.

Holly Spring 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

271 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Holly Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,169 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 118 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/incendiarism118
Debris and open burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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
7 September 2002Natural8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-020
5 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BARTOW-027
25 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BARTOW006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 238 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 238 workings within 5 miles of Holly Spring: 133 occurrences, 54 past producers, 47 unknowns, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Allatoona Dam DepositTitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Conasauga No. 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
VaughnManganese, CobaltPast Producer
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954
BeardenManganese, Cobalt, NickelUnknownResidual
Cartervile Distr.-CBarium-Barite, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
GemesManganese, Cobalt, NickelProducerWeathering Residual

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
Rowland Spring1.1 miles22
East Boxwood Estates1.5 miles22
Interchange Village1.9 miles19
McCallie2.2 miles19
Aubrey2.2 miles19
Hidden Hills2.4 miles19
Center2.4 miles22
Corbin2.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332011. 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.