Aldora, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Barnesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30204. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle. It stands 822 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
237 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Aldora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 682 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 34 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 | 150 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LAMAR-002 |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LAMAR004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Aldora: 4 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Creek Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Early Vaughn Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| H S Worsham Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Howard Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Means Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Perdue Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Williams & Holmes Prospects | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aldora in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldora | $50,000 | A slow moving thunderstorm continued to produce damaging winds over Lamar county. High winds caused a tractor-trailer to jacknife and overturn at Aldora near the intersection of highways 341 and 18. Road signs were twisted and nearly toppled. Several people in the area reported seeing a funnel cloud. The winds also toppled a brick sign and damaged the roof at a grocery store. A greenhouse at a nursery was also destroyed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldora | $1,000 | Tree down on powerline near Old Zebulon Rd in Aldora. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldora | - | Parts of the roof were torn off of a mobile home on the 500 block cannafax rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldora | - | Several trees were downed in Barnesville, including at the intersection of Hwy 341 and Zebulon rd. Siding was also removed from a building on grove Rd. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Aldora | - | The public observed a considerable amount of penny to nickel-sized hail in the Barnesville area. The ground was covered in some locations. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Aldora | - | The Lamar County 911 Center observed penny-sized hail in the Barnesville area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnesville | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Powell (historical) | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Revere (historical) | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Milner Crossroads | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wilkinsons (historical) | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Graddick (historical) | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Middlebrooks (historical) | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lamont (historical) | 4.3 miles | 10 |
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 Aldora | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2393570 | 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 331014. 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.
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.





