BlockSpring Valley, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30054. The Survey maps it on the Milstead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
248 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 516 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 17 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 | 108 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-NEWTON-007 |
| 26 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WALTON-002 |
| 24 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-NEWTON-004 |
| 21 September 1997 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Valley: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oxford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Conyers Farms | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Stone Lea | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood Acres | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ashley Grove | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hightower Forest | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Flint Hill | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Haynes Creek | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Dialtown | 2.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673613. 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.