Indian Springs, Georgia
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ringgold census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It lies near The Backbone. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle. 2,336 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresIndian Springs grew from 2,241 to 2,336 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,241 | |
| 2020 | 2,336 | +95 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
444 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 444 fires within 5 miles of Indian Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 56 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 | 230 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 38 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-008 |
| 8 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CATOOSA-005 |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-006 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Indian Springs: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Clark Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Graysville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hales Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Springs in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2011: 4 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Hail | Indian Springs | - | The public observed nickle-sized hail near Ringgold. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Indian Springs | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail in the Graysville area of far northern Catoosa county. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Indian Springs | - | The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail across the north part of the county. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Indian Springs | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Hill | 0.5 miles | 28 | |
| New Liberty | 0.9 miles | 28 | |
| Foster Hills | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Blevins Acre | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Morris Estates | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Old Mill Trace | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Swanson Mill | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Opeleika (historical) | 1.7 miles | 28 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Indian Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3322364 | 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 332059. 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.













