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Pond Spring, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Chickamauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30707. It stands on Brotherton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kensington quadrangle.

Pond Spring within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Pond Spring between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 57 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 burning156
Arson/incendiarism57
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-009
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-011
2 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WALKER002
19 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pond Spring: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glenn ProspectIronProspect
High Point AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warrenfel's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warthen ProspectIronProspect
High Point AreaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Henrys (historical)2.9 miles25
Kendrick (historical)2.9 miles26
Hall Mill3.1 miles26
Cooper Heights3.5 miles25
High Point3.6 miles26
Chickamauga3.8 miles26
Frick Gap (historical)4.1 miles25
Kensington4.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332722. 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.