BlockSpring Lake, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30537. It lies near Ford Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rabun Bald quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Rabun Bald quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Rabun Bald quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Rabun Bald quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Rabun Bald quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Spring Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 658 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | MYSTERY |
| 21 July 2008 | Natural | 107 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WILSON KNOB |
| 4 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 3 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | AMERICUS |
| 26 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-RABUN-009 |
| 25 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | BUCK KNOB |
| 24 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | HALE RIDGE |
| 19 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | OVERFLOW |
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 Spring Lake: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillard/Ledford Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| National Olivine No 9 Mine | Magnesite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Valley | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Dillard | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Three Forks | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| York | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain City | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Satolah | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Antioch | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Pine Mountain | 7.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330572. 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.