Aylmer, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Kingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30120. It stands on Ashpole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Aylmer within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1906 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
1908 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Kingston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

392 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Aylmer (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,867 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 190 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/incendiarism	190
Debris and open burning	142
Misuse of fire by a minor	18
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Recreation and ceremony	8
Natural	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	6

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
9 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1998	Debris and open burning	9.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1998	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Aylmer (historical): 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cartersville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Carroll Prospect	Aluminum	Prospect
Mcmakin Mine	Iron, Aluminum	Past Producer
Greenfield Property	Iron, Manganese	Prospect	1918
Vincent Property	Iron, Manganese	Occurrence	1908
Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Co.	Iron, Manganese	Prospect	1919
Hodge Mining Co.Mines	Iron	Past Producer	1897, 1942
Iron Hill District	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Rupert D W Cox Prospect	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer
C.C. Brown Property	Manganese	Prospect	1919

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Ford (historical)	2.2 miles	18
Euharlee	3.3 miles	18
Kingston	3.3 miles	18
Wayfare Estates	3.5 miles	19
Malbone (historical)	3.7 miles	18
Mission Estates	3.8 miles	19
Jones Heights	4.4 miles	19
Ligon (historical)	4.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334231. 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.