Omaha Springs, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Stapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30803. The Survey maps it on the Gibson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gibson quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Omaha Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,039 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 16 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 | 160 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-GLASCOCK-001 |
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GLASCOCK-003 |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-GLASCOCK-002 |
| 14 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-JEFFERSON-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Omaha Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walden Mine | Kaolin | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Omaha Springs in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Omaha Springs | $10,000 | The Emergency Manager reported a road washed out near the intersection of Clarks Mill Road and Highway 102/88. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 8 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Omaha Springs | $6,000 | The Jefferson County emergency manager reported washed out roads near Avera. Almost two inches of rainfall in a 3 hour period on already wet soils quickly overwhelmed the drainage systems. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omaha Springs | $1,000 | Large tree down on Clarks Mill Road, between Avera and Hwy 540 West. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avera | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Magnolia | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Stapleton | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Stapletons Crossroads | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wrens Station | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Wrens | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Zebina | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Brinson Crossing | 10.1 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558931 | 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 332575. 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.






