Indian Springs, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Flovilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30216. It stands on Aboothlacoosta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Indian Springs quadrangle.
On record in Indian Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Idlewildelisted 1999
Indian Springs Hotellisted 1973
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1951 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Indian Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
266 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Indian Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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 | 144 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MONROE-013 |
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Indian Springs: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrooks Prospect | Mica, Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Smith Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flovilla | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sandy | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bibb (historical) | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Iron Springs Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cork | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pepperton | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Elgin (historical) | 4.6 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q49354428 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356329. 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.







