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Rock Springs, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30157. It stands on Scoggins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yorkville quadrangle.

Rock Springs within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

435 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 435 fires within 5 miles of Rock Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,500 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 136 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 burning187
Arson/incendiarism136
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking5
Natural5

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-013
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarism6.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Rock Springs: 7 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Mica, Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc. 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
Berg ProspectIron-Pyrite, CopperOccurrencePyrite
Gamel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1860, 1920
Yorkville MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Shirley MineIron-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
A Jones ProspectSulfurProspect
Berg ProspectSulfurProspect
C H Miller DepositMicaOccurrence
Dr. Parker's PropertyGoldPast Producer
Helms ProspectSulfurProspect

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Scoggins Ridge0.4 miles16
Hickory Gap1.7 miles17
Paces Lakes2.2 miles17
Emerald Forest2.2 miles17
Pumpkin2.3 miles16
Rollins2.3 miles16
Piney Woods Manor2.3 miles17
Country Square2.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349940. 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.