Arlington, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39813. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle. 1,209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 299 feet above sea level.

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Arlington within Calhoun County

On record in Arlington

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Arlington Methodist Episcopal Church, Southlisted 1990

Population over time

2 figures

Arlington fell from 1,479 to 1,209 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.

Year	People	Change
2010	1,479
2020	1,209	-270 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Arlington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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	104
Equipment and vehicle use	23
Arson/incendiarism	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
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 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2003	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-EARLY-003
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-EARLY-013
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-EARLY-012
14 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arlington: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Spring Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. 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 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$250,000	Numerous trees were blown down on homes in Arlington. Damage was consistent with winds around 75 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
January 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Arlington	$50,000	This is a continuation of the EF2 tornado from Early county. The Calhoun county portion of the track is rated as EF1. The tornado touched down in a heavily wooded area along Daniels road in Early County causing minor damage to trees. The tornado travelled north and intensified as it crossed agricultural fields and Clower Road where it toppled several center pivot irrigation systems. An unreinforced concrete block home was also destroyed along this road in Early county, consistent with an EF-2 rating. EF-2 damage was also noted just to the northeast along Highway 45 where two homes were badly damaged. An older two story home was shifted off its foundation several feet. Another newer brick home suffered significant roof damage. The intensity peaked at this location with an estimated maximum wind speed of 120 mph. Tree damage continued along the track to the northeast across Highway 216 and Nantze Spring Road before the tornado moved into Calhoun County. The tornado continued through wooded portions of Calhoun County, causing EF-1 consistent damage to trees. Damage was also noted to a railroad crossing gate along State Road 82. The tornado continued northeast through Calhoun County across Boggy Creek Road and Highway 37. The tornado crossed Highway 234 causing roof damage to a home before damaging a double-wide manufactured home on County Road 120. The tornado dissipated in a rural area just northeast of Highway 55. Thanks to Early and Calhoun County Emergency Management for assistance with this survey.
January 2005	Tornado (F1)	Arlington	$5,000	After crossing the Early-Calhoun County line, the tornado weakened slightly as it plowed through a pine forest. It blew several large trees across a railroad track before dissipating over an open field west of Arlington. The ground assessment was conducted by a SKYWARN storm spotter. The aerial assessment was conducted by the Georgia State Patrol.
September 2004	Tornado (F0)	Arlington	$5,000	Brief touchdown of a tornado downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Calhoun EMA.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$5,000	Calhoun County EMA reported several large trees and high tension power lines down.
December 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$2,000	Sporadic power outages occurred in Arlington as gusty winds from a line of storms moved through the area.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$1,000	Downed trees blocked several roads. Reported by the Calhoun County EMA.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked several large tree limbs down on Georgia State Road 45.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	-	A tree was down on Hwy 216 at mile marker 3.
February 2020	Flood	Arlington	-	A picture of flooding was posted on social media on John McMurria Road near Arlington.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	-	Trees were reported down in Arlington.
May 2000	Funnel Cloud	Arlington	-	Public sighted funnel cloud.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Commissary Hill	3.2 miles	8
Turman	4.3 miles	7
Parksville	5.2 miles	7
Williamsburg	6.9 miles	8
Edison	8.2 miles	7
Dickey	8.8 miles	7
Morgan	9.5 miles	7
Leary	11.6 miles	8

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 Arlington	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2567888	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 310614. 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.