BlockResaca, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Valley-Resaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30735. It stands on Blue Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun North quadrangle. 1,142 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
On record in Resaca
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 1 record
William Taylor Houselisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresResaca grew from 544 to 1,142 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 544 | |
| 2020 | 1,142 | +598 (+110%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Calhoun North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
378 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Resaca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 777 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 91 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 190 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 91 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Resaca: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Resaca in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Resaca | $1,580,000 | An amateur radio operator relayed a report of baseball-sized hail between Resaca and Nickelsville. As the storm first intensified to the west near Resaca, it initially produced penny-sized hail. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Resaca | $500,000 | The Gordon County Emergency Management Director reported the roof was blown off a commercial building in Calhoun. Two other structures suffered major damage while 20 others sustained minor damage. Several trees and power lines were also down in the area, especially near Resaca. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Resaca | $25,000 | The Gordon County 911 Center reported that a number of trees and several power lines were down from Nickelsville to just southeast of Calhoun. The worst damage appeared to be around Nickelsville near the Murray county line where over a dozen trees were down and several power lines. Further south, at least two power poles were down near the intersection of Interstate-75 and Georgia Highway 53 just east of Calhoun. The public reported that awnings of a home were damaged from high winds in Calhoun. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Resaca | $10,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 75 MPH and a maximum path width of 70 yards touched down east of Resaca between Swan Drive Northeast and Fite Bend Road Northeast where several large trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado moved northeast across a wheat field and into a small wooded area where it snapped a few large tree branches before lifting as it approached the Conasauga River. No injuries were reported. [05/24/17: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-0, Gordon, 2017:076]. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Resaca | $10,000 | The Gordon County 911 Center reported that more than a dozen trees were blown down across the far northern portion of the county, generally west through north of Resaca. Some fences were also damaged. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Resaca | $5,000 | The public reported a few trees blown down from west of Resaca along Hall Road to east of Damascus along Langston Drive. A shed was damaged by a falling tree along Hall Road. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Resaca | $5,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported on Interstate 75 near the Whitfield/Gordon county line. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Resaca | $2,500 | The Gordon County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county, including a few along Highway 61. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Resaca | $2,000 | A public report indicated golf ball to baseball size hail. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Resaca | $1,000 | The Gordon County 911 center reported trees blown down across Nicklesville Road just northeast of Highway 41. |
| January 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Resaca | $1,000 | The Gordon County 911 Center reported that four trees and one power line were down across the northern part of the county. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Resaca | - | The public reported half dollar size hail in Resaca. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Resaca | - | The public reported observing golf ball-sized hail near Resaca. However, radar data was not supportive of hail this large. The same storm only produced quarter-sized hail in Chattooga county and had already weakened by the time it reached Gordon county. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Resaca | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail in the northwest part of the county west of Resaca and in Resaca, half-dollar-sized hail just north of Calhoun, and penny-sized hail in and just east of Calhoun. This was the first of two severe thunderstorms to track across Gordon county during the evening of April 23rd. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Resaca | - | The Gordon County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail near Calhoun. Radar data suggests that the hail likely occurred closer to Resaca. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Resaca | - | Several reports of hail were received from the public and an amateur radio operator of hail across northern Gordon county from Resaca to Calhoun. An amateur radio operator reported nickel-sized hail in Calhoun, while penny-sized hail was reported from the public in Resaca, Calhoun, and east of Calhoun along Interstate-75. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Resaca | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Valley (historical) | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Damascus | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Angelville | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Soapstick | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hill City | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sugar Valley | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| New Town | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Echota | 4.2 miles | 19 |
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 Resaca | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1402992 | The 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 356494. 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.