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Mountain Springs, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gray-Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31217. The Survey maps it on the James quadrangle.

Mountain Springs within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

448 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 448 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,219 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 42 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 burning266
Arson/incendiarism42
Equipment and vehicle use31
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Smoking18
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Natural10

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 1999Arson/incendiarism56 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism24 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Springs: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Sandersville-MaconAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1902, 1961
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium
Hitchcock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weston & Brooker Co Ruby QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cannon MineKaolinPast Producer
Davis MineKaolinPast Producer
Ga Kaolin Mine 43,PitbKaolinProducer
Ga Kaolin Mine 71KaolinProducer
Huber Wilkinson County MineKaolinProducer
Ryle MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jones 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
Griswoldville2.6 miles10
Pitts3.3 miles12
Greenberry Crossroads3.8 miles10
Postell3.9 miles12
Cumslo4.6 miles12
James4.7 miles10
Van Buren (historical)4.8 miles14
Jones Acres5.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332442. 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.