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Newnan Springs, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Oglethorpe-Lakeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30741. It stands on Black Branch. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.

Newnan Springs within Catoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Newnan Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 464 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 48 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 burning114
Arson/incendiarism48
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural10
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6

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
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-007
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChickamauga & Chattanooga National Military ParkHAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Newnan Springs: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mcfarland MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Alton Park TractStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1952
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alton Park TractClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Chatanooga MineClayUnknown
General Shale Georgia PitClayProducer
Bennett Mine No. 1AluminumPast Producer
Bennett No.2 ProspectAluminumProspect
Hornville MineAluminumPast Producer
Mccallie Tunnel ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Catoosa 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
Waverly Park0.5 miles28
Brookvale Estates0.7 miles28
Pinewood Estates0.7 miles28
Lakeview0.8 miles28
Dallondale1.0 miles28
Green Acres1.0 miles28
Cloud Springs1.2 miles28
McDonald Acres1.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353300. 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.