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Old Tallapoosa, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallapoosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30176. It stands on Greene Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tallapoosa North quadrangle.

Old Tallapoosa within Haralson County

On record in Old Tallapoosa

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

684 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 684 fires within 5 miles of Old Tallapoosa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,455 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 416 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/incendiarism416
Debris and open burning194
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3

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 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism9.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HARALSON-006
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-017
7 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HARALSON008
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HARALSON-005
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haralson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old Tallapoosa: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Aluminum. 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
Bauxite MineAluminumPast Producer
Edwards MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Hollins (Royal) MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Royal MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Haralson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Tallapoosa in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
April 2013HailOld Tallapoosa$247,000The public reported golf ball sized hail on Highway 100 north of Tallapoosa.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindOld Tallapoosa$150,000The Haralson Gateway-Beacon reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down from Tallapoosa to Bremen. Several buildings in Tallapoosa sustained minor damage. The Tally Mountain Golf Course had between 400-500 trees blown down and a fence and a porch destroyed. In Bremen, several signs were damaged and a business sustained roof damage.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindOld Tallapoosa$50,000The Haralson County 911 Center reported that nine trees were blown down in the Tallapoosa area, including several along Highway 120. Two of the trees fell on houses.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindOld Tallapoosa$6,000The Haralson County 911 center reported several trees and power lines blown down along Highway 78 near Tallapoosa.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOld Tallapoosa$5,000Multiple trees down around Tallapoosa and Buchanan.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindOld Tallapoosa$5,000The Haralson County Emergency Manager reported 5 trees blown down along Broad Street in Tallapoosa.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindOld Tallapoosa$4,000The Haralson County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down across the county.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindOld Tallapoosa$1,000Tree blocking the road near the intersection of berlin and bowdon st.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindOld Tallapoosa-Several trees reported down in the city of Tallapoosa.

Every storm recorded in Haralson 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
Tallapoosa0.8 miles15
Hooper2.5 miles15
West Crossing3.2 miles15
Poplar Springs4.0 miles14
Tabernacle4.9 miles16
Budapest4.9 miles15
Steadman5.3 miles14
Buchanan6.6 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122588508The 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 350719. 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.