Myrtle Springs, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31719. It stands on Ninemile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ellaville South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Myrtle Springs within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Ellaville South quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

246 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Myrtle Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 13 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	156
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Natural	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Arson/incendiarism	13
Smoking	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Recreation and ceremony	5

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 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-SUMTER-018
9 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-SUMTER-010
6 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	5.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-SUMTER-008
4 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2013	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-SUMTER-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter 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 Myrtle Springs (historical): 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free. 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
	Americus	Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free	Prospect	1912
	Reeves Sand Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sumter 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Shiloh	1.8 miles	7
Concord	4.0 miles	7
Northside Homes	4.8 miles	8
New Point	4.9 miles	8
Americus	5.5 miles	8
Arles	5.9 miles	8
Friendship	6.2 miles	7
Sumter Homes	6.4 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343474. 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.