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Spring Place, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Chatsworth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30705. The Survey maps it on the Chatsworth quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

Spring Place within Murray County

On record in Spring Place

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Chief James Clement Vann House, U.S. Route 76 & State Route 255, Spring Place, Murray County, GA
Chief James Clement Vann House, U.S. Route 76 & State Route 255, Spring Place, Murray County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

528 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 528 fires within 5 miles of Spring Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,044 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 72 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 burning290
Arson/incendiarism72
Misuse of fire by a minor63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking8
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning6.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning4.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MURRAY-012
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Murray County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Spring Place: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-Soapstone, Barium-Barite, Marble, Dimension. 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
Jet Black Marble Co QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
C.C.Keith PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
W.F.Hampton PropertyBarium-BariteOccurrence
Cohutta MillTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Cohutta Talc MineTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Southern MillTalc-SoapstoneProducer
Southern Talc CoTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Chatsworth MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Farrar Tripoli ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Fort Mountain Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Murray County

Storms near this place

20 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Place in 20 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Spring Place$100,000A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 85 to 90 MPH traveled just under 3 miles across northern Chatsworth in Murray County. The tornado touched down just east of Highway 225 destroying a barn on Dogwood Circle. The tornado continued moving east striking a tractor-trailer storage facility along Lowy Road where it overturned a trailer and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Continuing east, the tornado struck an industrial building at the intersection of Highland Road and Treadwell Road, peeling back a large section of the roof. An apartment complex across Treadwell Road suffered significant shingle damage and some minor structural damage to the roof. The tornado continued moving east snapping or uprooting trees along Keller Drive and then hit Murray County High School at Green Road and Old Dalton Ellijay Road. The tornado caused significant damage to the baseball fields blowing down a fence and a cinderblock wall and throwing a portion of the bleachers onto the field. The press box also sustained damage. The tornado continued east along West Chestnut Street uprooting and snapping trees, blowing a fence down and collapsing a carport onto a car and a house before dissipating as it reached Highway 411, or North 3rd Avenue. [03/01/17: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-1, Murray, 2017:030].
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$15,000The Murray County 911 Center reported that thunderstorm downburst winds blew down at least six trees southwest of Chatsworth near the intersection of Georgia Highway 225 and New Hope Church Road. In addition, a portion of the roof of a home was ripped off. Several large tree limbs were also down, falling on and causing damage to some vehicles.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$7,000An amateur radio operator reported utility lines down on Spring Place Smyrna Road near Leonard Bridge Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$4,000The Murray County Emergency Manager and the Murray County 911 Center reported trees blown down on Tibbs Bridge Road, Greeson Bend Road and Smyrna Church Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$2,000The Murray County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down at the intersection of Highway 52 and Highway 225.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$2,000The Murray County 911 Center reported that numerous trees were blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$1,500The Murray County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the southwest part of the county.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$1,000A tree was downed on Brown Bridge Rd at Hwy 225.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$1,000Powerlines down on Ellijay Street between highway 225 S and Clarence Ridley pkwy.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$1,000Tree down at Gudger Rd and hwy 225 S .
March 2023Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$1,000A tree was downed onto a power line at the intersection of Deep Wood Drive and Tibbs Bridge Road.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$1,000A spotter for the National Weather Service in Peachtree City reported that several large, six to ten inch diameter trees, were blown down along U.S. Highway 76 and Georgia Highway 225 north and west of Spring Place near the Whitfield county line.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSpring Place$500A trained spotter and cooperative observer for the National Weather Service reported that two large 8-10 inch diameter trees were blown down on Tibbs Road. The Murray County 911 center also reported that a couple of trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2025HailSpring Place-Spotter reports quarter sized hail at hwy 225 and chattsworth hwy.
May 2024HailSpring Place-Report of 1 inch hail at Tibbs Bridge Rd and New Hope Rd.
June 2015HailSpring Place-The public reported that dime to quarter sized hail fell for 5 minutes at the BP gas station in Chatsworth. Several cars had to pull in under the awning to avoid the hail.
July 2003Heavy RainSpring Place-The Dalton Citizen reported that heavy rain, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill, forced the closing of Patricia Avenue for the third time in six weeks.
May 2003HailSpring Place-An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail.
May 2003HailSpring Place-The Murray county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindSpring Place-The Murray county 911 center reported that one tree was blown down.

Every storm recorded in Murray 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
Chatsworth2.8 miles21
Treadwell3.2 miles21
Oran3.7 miles21
Fort Mountain (historical)3.9 miles21
Eton5.5 miles21
Ramhurst6.3 miles19
Holley6.5 miles19
Dennis7.1 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Spring PlaceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q43083027The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356549. 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.