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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS James quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
448 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 266 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 56 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandersville-Macon | Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free | Prospect | 1902, 1961 | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Hitchcock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weston & Brooker Co Ruby Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cannon Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Ga Kaolin Mine 43,Pitb | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Ga Kaolin Mine 71 | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Huber Wilkinson County Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Ryle Mine | Kaolin | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griswoldville | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pitts | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Greenberry Crossroads | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Postell | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cumslo | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| James | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Van Buren (historical) | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Jones Acres | 5.0 miles | 12 |
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.






