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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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 Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
313 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 143 |
| Debris and open burning | 92 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-POLK-017 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020POLK011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockmart | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rockmart Cement Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rockmart Shale Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Rockmart Shale Quarry | Clay | Producer | ||
| Red-Ore Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| S.K. Hoge Ore Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Simpson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Braswell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Piedmont Portland Cement Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockmart | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Van Wert | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Red Ore (historical) | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Iron Stab | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Aragon | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Portland | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Davitte (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Posco (historical) | 5.3 miles | 17 |
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.










