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Springwood Village, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bill Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. The Survey maps it on the Campbellton quadrangle.

Springwood Village within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Springwood Village between 1992 and 2019, burning about 347 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism48
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DOUGLAS-001
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DOUGLAS-001
27 August 1993Arson/incendiarism6.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Springwood Village: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Douglasville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lithia Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Heritage Valley0.3 miles17
Evergreen0.4 miles17
Windwood Village0.5 miles17
Captains Quarters0.7 miles17
Longview Estates0.9 miles17
Hyde Park0.9 miles17
Western Pines1.0 miles17
Stewart Woods1.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686533. 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.