Poplar Springs, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallapoosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30113. It stands on Flat Wood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tallapoosa North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Tallapoosa North quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Tallapoosa North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
523 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 523 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,122 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 307 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 307 |
| Debris and open burning | 160 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HARALSON009 |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-005 |
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-HARALSON-004 |
| 30 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HARALSON-007 |
| 3 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Poplar Springs: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Jackson-Mcbride Prospect | Sulfur | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poplar Springs in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar Springs | $4,000 | The Haralson County 911 center reported a few trees blown down along Highway 100 from Jacksonville Road to Cross Roads Church Road. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poplar Springs | $250 | The Polk County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down on Highway 100. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Poplar Springs | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail on Jacksonville Road north of Tallapoosa and west of Buchanan. WSR-88D radar data suggests that similar-sized hail likely continued to the northeast and toward Buchanan. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steadman | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Old Tallapoosa | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tabernacle | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tallapoosa | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Little Creek | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Buchanan | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Abernathys Mill | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hooper | 5.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332731. 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.








