BlockBefore

Spring Grove, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Omaha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31821. It stands on Hannahatchee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Omaha quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spring Grove within Stewart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

98 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Spring Grove (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 743 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1999Debris and open burning7.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130917-001
14 September 2011Debris and open burning3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-STEWART-009
11 September 1995Debris and open burning8.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stewart County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Spring Grove (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Pit Number 7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Stewart 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
Heard Place0.7 miles12
Gillis Place1.5 miles12
Omaha1.7 miles10
Perkins Place2.3 miles12
Power Place2.3 miles12
Childs Place3.1 miles12
Orletta (historical)3.2 miles12
Blufftown (historical)3.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 347358. 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.