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Emerson, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Emerson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30137. It lies near Signal Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle. 1,415 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 833 feet above sea level.

Emerson within Bartow County

Population over time

2 figures

Emerson fell from 1,470 to 1,415 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
20101,470
20201,415-55 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

311 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Emerson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,370 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 153 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/incendiarism153
Debris and open burning71
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Recreation and ceremony19
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural6
Smoking2

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
8 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 228 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 228 workings within 5 miles of Emerson: 110 occurrences, 74 past producers, 30 unknowns, 9 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
AllatoonaTitaniumOccurrence
Bartow No 2 MineGraphite, IronPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Ladd Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Allatoona VeinGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Avery MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954

Every working recorded in Bartow County

Storms near this place

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emerson in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
September 2008LightningEmerson$100,000The Bartow County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home on Colonial Club Drive and started a fire. Specific damages were not provided.
April 2016HailEmerson$30,000The public reported golf ball size hail at Red Top Mountain State Park.
May 1995HailEmerson$30,000Pea- to softball-size hail was reported throughout the town.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEmerson$8,000The Bartow County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down in a 100 yard wide swath between Cambridge Way and Red Top Mountain Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEmerson$5,000The public reported a few trees blown down along Paga Mine Road SE.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindEmerson$3,000The Bartow County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the Lake Allatoona area in the southeast part of the county.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEmerson$2,000Trees and power lines down near intersection of Old Alabama Rd SE and Red Top Circle SE.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindEmerson$2,000The Bartow County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down along Old Alabama Road near Highway 293.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindEmerson$1,000Tree reported down on powerlines down and along Bates road.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindEmerson$300Trees were knocked down at the Army Recreation Center.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindEmerson-Trees and powerlines down near intersection of Old Alabama Rd SE and Paga Mine Rd SE.
May 2021Flash FloodEmerson-The Emergency Manager reported Puckett Road at Pumpkinvine Creek is flooded. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the quick rise of the creek.
February 2020Flash FloodEmerson-The Emergency Manager reported that 3rd and 4th Streets were closed due to flooding. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4.0 inches of rain occurred, falling on already wet soils, resulting in flash flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodEmerson-The Emergency Manager reported water over Puckett Road due to high flow through Pumpkinvine Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain occurred, falling on already wet soils, resulting in flash flooding.
April 2011HailEmerson-The public observed nickel-sized hail from near Red Top Mountain State Park northward about four miles, all remaining just west of the Cherokee county line.
April 2008HailEmerson-The public observed half-dollar-sized hail just south of Emerson, quarter-sized hail on the west side of Lake Allatoona at the Allatoona Landing Marina, and nickel-sized hail in the Red Top Mountain area, also in the southeast part of Bartow county.
December 2005HailEmerson-The Bartow County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail in the extreme southeast corner of Bartow county near Lake Allatoona.
July 2001HailEmerson-The Bartow county 911 center reported dime size hail.
September 1997HailEmerson-The public reported ping pong ball sized hail.
April 1998HailEmerson-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bartow0.5 miles24
Mountain Ridge Estates2.0 miles18
Allatoona2.7 miles24
Allatoona Beach2.8 miles24
Conyers Estates3.1 miles19
Terrell Heights3.4 miles19
Deerfield Estates3.5 miles19
Cartersville3.5 miles19

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 EmersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2395129The 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 331660. 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.