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Aaron, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Portal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30450. It stands on Bunks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Portal quadrangle.

Aaron within Bulloch County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Aaron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,339 acres in total. 16 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 burning131
Arson/incendiarism48
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-EMANUEL-008
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BULLOCH-001
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-JENKINS-009
28 September 2011Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-EMANUEL-022
28 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-JENKINS-008
23 September 2001Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-EMANUEL-010
19 September 2001Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BULLOCH-007
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BULLOCH-015

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bulloch County

Storms near this place

17 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aaron in 17 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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 2011Tornado (EF1)Aaron$250,000A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed and EF1 tornado with a path length of 3.1 miles and a maximum path width of 0.25 miles. One mobile home was completely destroyed and thrown 30 yards from its foundation by the tornado. Several outbuildings, sheds, and carports were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted.
March 2011Tornado (EF0)Aaron$40,000A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF0 Tornado with a path length of 0.6 miles and a maximum path width of 100 yards. Two mobile homes had siding and under-siding damaged along with some minor shingle damage. The tornado also snapped and uprooted dozens of trees.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindAaron$20,000County dispatch reported widespread trees and power lines down across the northwest portion of the county. One tree fell on a house.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAaron$10,000The public reported ten 60 foot tall pine trees were snapped 20 feet from the top. All of the damaged trees were laying in the same direction. A tin roof measuring 10 feet in width was also blown off a small storage barn. The damage occurred 6 miles north of Portal Georgia.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAaron$10,000The public reported 2 mobile homes shifted slightly off their foundations near the intersection of Motes Road and Old Portal Road. Surrounding buildings also received dents from hail. The damage occurred 5 miles north of Portal, Georgia.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAaron$5,000Numerous trees were reported down at intersection of U.S. Route 80 and John B. Lanier Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAaron$1,000The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Old Portal Road.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindAaron$1,000The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Old Moore Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAaron$1,000A tree was blown down at intersection of Highway 80, west and Lotts Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAaron$1,000A tree was blown down near Portal along Old Dill Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAaron$1,000A tree was blown down at the intersection of Old Portal Road and Denver Lanier Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAaron$1,000A tree was blown down near Portal along Pleasant Hill Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAaron-Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 80 near the intersection with Reddick Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindAaron-A tree was reported down near the intersection of Highway 80 and Aaron Station Road.
March 2011HailAaron-National Weather Service personnel were informed of 1.25 inch hail while conducting a storm survey, 5 miles north-northeast of Portal, Georgia.
August 2009HailAaron-The public reported penny to tennis ball size hail on John D. Lanier Road, 5 miles west-northwest of Portal, Georgia.
May 2007HailAaron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bulloch 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
Piddleville1.9 miles15
Kites Spur (historical)2.5 miles15
Portal3.8 miles15
Bland (historical)6.4 miles15
Hopeulikit8.2 miles15
Colfax (historical)9.4 miles17
Akins Mill10.1 miles15
Blitch11.2 miles15

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 AaronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888596The 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 326146. 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.

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.