Spring Hill, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Culloden-Bolingbroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31029. The Survey maps it on the Smarr quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spring Hill within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1956 USGS Bolingbroke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1974 USGS Smarr quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 353 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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 burning	96
Arson/incendiarism	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	4
Natural	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
27 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-MONROE-014
2 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	8.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	6.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021CRAWFORD002
26 August 1998	Recreation and ceremony	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Spring Hill (historical): 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Forsyth Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Holloway Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Homer Hardin Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Ruffin Prospects	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Monroe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bamah (historical)	1.6 miles	10
Dyas	2.0 miles	10
Russellville	2.3 miles	10
Moran	2.6 miles	10
Strouds	6.3 miles	10
Culloden	7.2 miles	10
Brent	7.6 miles	10
Smarr	8.4 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343110. 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.