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Horseshoe Springs, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30014. The Survey maps it on the Milstead quadrangle.

Horseshoe Springs within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Horseshoe Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 35 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 burning126
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Equipment and vehicle use39
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony18
Smoking17
Natural16
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-NEWTON-007
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-ROCKDALE-004
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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 Horseshoe Springs: 2 producers. 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
Newton County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oxford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horseshoe Springs in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Flash FloodHorseshoe Springs-The Emergency Manager reported Sockwell Road closed due to flooding from the Yellow River. The USGS gage (NWS MYRG1 / USGS 02207335) rose above bankfull/action stage on as a result of the rainfall, then continued to rise above Minor Flood stage to a height of 11.43 ft on December 31. Radar estimates indicate that between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain occurred over the area, on top of 1.5 to 3 inches that occurred the day before. These rainfall amounts, falling on saturated soils, resulted in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Almon1.6 miles18
Fairview1.8 miles18
Fairview Commons1.8 miles18
Fieldstone1.8 miles18
Country View2.5 miles18
Marble Valley2.5 miles18
Salem Place2.7 miles18
Riverside Estates2.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673507. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.