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Aragon, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Aragon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30104. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockmart North quadrangle. 1,440 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.

Aragon within Polk County

Population over time

2 figures

Aragon grew from 1,249 to 1,440 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,249
20201,440+191 (+15%)

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

390 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 390 fires within 5 miles of Aragon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,751 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 192 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/incendiarism192
Debris and open burning134
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural4
Smoking1

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
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-008
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-POLK-007
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020POLK012
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-017

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Aragon: 17 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Broadaway MineAluminumPast Producer
RockmartBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Rockmart Cement MillStoneProducer
Silica Quarry No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ladd Lime and Stone Co PitsClayPast Producer
Rockmart Shale QuarryClayPast Producer
Rockmart Shale QuarryClayProducer
Braswell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piedmont Portland Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rockmart QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aragon in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 1998Thunderstorm WindAragon$20,000Polk county 911 reported trees down on houses and cars and across roads. Power lines were also knocked down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindAragon$3,000The Polk County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down in the eastern part of the county. Trees and power lines were down northwest of Aragon on Georgia Highway 101 and also on Pea Ridge Road near Fish Creek. Wind gusts were measured at 60 mph two miles northwest of Aragon by a member of the Polk County Fire and Rescue Department.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindAragon$500The Polk County Emergency Management Director reported that several small trees were blown down.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindAragon$500Polk county 911 reported high winds associated with a thunderstorm knocked some trees down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAragon-Emergency manager reported trees and powerlines down on Williams St near the intersection with Hixville Rd.
April 2006HailAragon-A cooperative observer reported nickel-sized hail in extreme northeast Polk county near the Bartow county line and the city of Taylorsville.
May 2006HailAragon-The public reported quarter-sized hail, which last for at least 10 minutes at a given location.
March 2004HailAragon-The public reported penny-sized hail. They also estimated wind gusts at 35 mph.
August 2003Heavy RainAragon-The Polk county 911 center reported that heavy rain had resulted in minor street flooding in the Aragon and Rockmart areas.
July 2002HailAragon-The Polk county 911 center reported nickel size hail.
May 2000HailAragon-The public reported half dollar size hail on the Polk-Bartow county line.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Ravenel (historical)1.1 miles17
Portland1.3 miles17
Red Ore (historical)1.5 miles17
Davitte (historical)1.7 miles17
Hamlet (historical)2.2 miles17
Posco (historical)2.6 miles17
Rockmart3.1 miles17
Brewers (historical)3.8 miles17

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 AragonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2009134The 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 354383. 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.