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Aragon Park, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30901. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle.

Aragon Park within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

288 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 288 fires within 5 miles of Aragon Park between 1992 and 2019, burning about 676 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 137 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/incendiarism137
Debris and open burning64
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-013
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-014
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-015
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-012
28 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-RICHMOND-002
24 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Aragon Park: 9 producers, 8 occurrences, 3 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Clay Preparation PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Foster's Lane PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Merry Companies MineClayProducer
Merry Pit 4ClayProducer
Richmond County MineClayPast Producer
Davis Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixon Airline Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Heard No 1 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway 56 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Karleen Road Pit Vb James SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aragon Park in 2 storm reports in 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAragon Park$4,000Sheriff reported powerlines down along Doug Barnard Parkway.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAragon Park-Sheriff dispatch reported wires down along Doug Barnard Pkwy.

Every storm recorded in Richmond 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
Hyde Park0.6 miles21
Turrin Hill0.9 miles21
Southlands1.2 miles20
Kendan Park1.5 miles20
Southgate Village1.5 miles20
Pine Heights1.5 miles20
Butler Estates1.5 miles20
Gordon Park1.6 miles21

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 Q122595411The 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 358198. 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.