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Don, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Aragon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30153. It lies near Signal Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Don within Polk 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.

Fires near this place

313 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Don (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,116 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 143 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/incendiarism143
Debris and open burning92
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5

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
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-017
29 September 1993Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020POLK011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Don (historical): 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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
RockmartBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Rockmart Cement MillStoneProducer
Silica Quarry No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rockmart Shale QuarryClayPast Producer
Rockmart Shale QuarryClayProducer
Red-Ore BankIronPast ProducerResidual
S.K. Hoge Ore BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Simpson MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Braswell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piedmont Portland Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Rockmart2.3 miles17
Van Wert2.6 miles16
Red Ore (historical)3.0 miles17
Iron Stab3.7 miles18
Aragon4.4 miles17
Portland4.4 miles17
Davitte (historical)4.7 miles17
Posco (historical)5.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705472. 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.