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Springdale, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Murrayville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. It lies near Banks Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Chestatee quadrangle.

Springdale within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Springdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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 burning94
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HALL-003
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HALL-002
18 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-006
3 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-HALL-002
23 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-004
23 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Springdale: 6 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Merck MineMicaPast Producer
Cool Spring ChurchGoldPast ProducerVein
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
Johnson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
KeathGoldProspectVein
NewtonGoldProspectVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein
Prater MineGoldProspectVein
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Springdale Forest0.4 miles14
Pine Hills0.4 miles14
Wolfs Head0.8 miles14
Crown Point0.8 miles14
Summer Point1.0 miles14
Venture Cove1.0 miles14
Cameron Point1.1 miles14
Cherokee Hills1.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686807. 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.