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Posco, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Aragon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30178. The Survey maps it on the Rockmart North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Posco within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

315 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Posco (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,491 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 139 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/incendiarism139
Debris and open burning118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-017
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020POLK011
26 September 1998Debris and open burning3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019BARTOW001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Posco (historical): 14 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
RockmartBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Rockmart Cement MillStoneProducer
Brannon ProspectAluminumProspect
Broadaway MineAluminumPast Producer
Ladd Lime and Stone Co PitsClayPast Producer
Rockmart Shale QuarryClayProducer
Taylorsville MineClayPast Producer
Braswell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piedmont Portland Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rockmart 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
Davitte (historical)1.0 miles17
Portland1.4 miles17
Aragon2.6 miles17
Ravenel (historical)2.7 miles17
Hamlet (historical)3.3 miles17
Red Ore (historical)3.4 miles17
Rockmart5.1 miles17
Iron Stab5.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343589. 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.