Sulphur Springs Station, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30738. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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 Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
353 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,064 acres in total. None started naturally. 176 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 176 |
| Debris and open burning | 122 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DADE-003 |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150902-002 |
| 19 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150918-002 |
| 16 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DADE-011 |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs Station: 12 prospects, 11 occurrences, 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halloysite Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | Prospect | ||
| Bibble Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Blake's Mine Et Al. | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| J.C.Mcelroy Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| L.O.Clark Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ragon Mining Co. Battelle Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Mill | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Cloverdale | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Head River | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Rising Fawn | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Plum Nelly | 7.7 miles | 25 | |
| Cedar Hill | 8.6 miles | 23 | |
| Stewart Town | 9.2 miles | 23 | |
| Tatum (historical) | 10.4 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122593137 | The 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 356568. 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.











