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Poplar Springs, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ringgold census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It stands on Little Chickamauga Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.

Poplar 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

626 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 626 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,389 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 88 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 burning334
Arson/incendiarism88
Equipment and vehicle use84
Smoking36
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CATOOSA002
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-008
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CATOOSA-005
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-006
5 September 1993Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Poplar Springs: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hales QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Catoosa County

Storms near this place

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poplar Springs in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021Flash FloodPoplar Springs$30,000Law enforcement received a report of a washed out road near the intersection of Poplar Springs Road and Old Alabama Road. Radar estimates indicate that between 3 and 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPoplar Springs$10,000Multiple trees down in a couple of locations southwest of Ringgold. Specifically near the intersection of Poplar Springs Road and Talley Circle, and several locations north of Mount Pisgah Road. Time estimated from radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPoplar Springs$1,000Tree reported down at the 400 block of Mt Pisgah Rd near Brock Cir.
March 2021Flash FloodPoplar Springs-A Catoosa County Government official reported water flowing over the roadway near the intersection of Poplar Springs Road and Stapp Drive. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, overwhelming drainage systems and causing the flash flooding.
March 2017HailPoplar Springs-A CoCoRaHS observer reported quarter size hail.

Every storm 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
Love Hill1.1 miles28
Pleasant Grove1.6 miles28
Scenic Hills1.7 miles28
Ringgold1.8 miles27
Ellie Spring2.0 miles28
East Boynton2.3 miles28
Shookville2.8 miles27
Boynton3.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353314. 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.