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Reeltown, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36866. The Survey maps it on the Carrville quadrangle. 794 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.

Reeltown within Tallapoosa County

Population over time

2 figures

Reeltown grew from 766 to 794 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
2010766
2020794+28 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

60 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Reeltown between 1995 and 2019, burning about 609 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
25 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-12
13 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2004Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120704-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Storms near this place

22 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reeltown in 22 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2005Tornado (F1)Reeltown$70,000National Weather Service meteorologists conducted a storm survey in Tallapoosa County. It has been determined that an F1 tornado occurred with winds estimated around 80 miles an hour. The tornado touched down at approximately 155 PM CDT just east of State Highway 49 or about 1.7 miles southwest of Reeltown. The tornado traveled northwest and ended at approximately 158 PM CDT near the intersection of County Road 45 and Sulphur Springs Road. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path of the tornado. Several homes suffered varying degrees of damage. The tornado damage path was 3.25 miles long and 300 yards wide at its widest point. Begin: 32 34.92/85 49.30 End: 32 37.40/85 50.92
November 2006Tornado (F0)Reeltown$15,000A weak tornado touched down about one-half of a mile west of Reeltown, near the intersection of County Road 45 and County Road 13. Several trees were blown down or snapped off along the short path. One mobile home suffered some siding damage. Three outbuildings also sustained significant damaged. |
October 2004Thunderstorm WindReeltown$8,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindReeltown$5,000Numerous trees were blown down near the Reeltown VFD, and some nearby baseball field dugouts were damaged by winds.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Reeltown$5,000A long tracked tornado, which would eventually track into two other counties, first touched down on Happy Hollow Road just northwest of the Liberty City community, near the Tallapoosa and Macon County line. The tornado was in Tallapoosa County for less than two miles, and caused generally light damage.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindReeltown$5,000Trees were blown down and power poles were snapped along Mosses Flat Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindReeltown$3,000An outbuilding of a house was destroyed at the intersection of AL-120 and AL-49, in Reeltown. Some shingles were blown off the roof of Reeltown High School.
March 2005Thunderstorm WindReeltown$3,000A few trees were blown down in far southern Tallapoosa County near Lake Martin.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindReeltown$3,000Trees were blown down on Lovelady Road in Reeltown.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindReeltown$2,000Several trees were reported down in Reeltown.
January 2001Thunderstorm WindReeltown$2,000Trees were knocked down in Reeltown.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindReeltown-Siding was blown off a structure, and a few trees were downed in the area of Stillwaters Highway and Lovelady Rd.
November 2025HailReeltown-Quarter-size hail was reported at Reeltown Baptist Church. Hail damage was reported to a few roof tops in the area.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindReeltown-At least two dozen trees were downed and blocking roadways across southern Tallapoosa County, including Cobb Rd, Elkins Rd, and Macedonia Rd. Along Bama Park Rd, a tree fell on a house.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindReeltown-A few structures in Reeltown sustained minor roof damage.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindReeltown-Trees were knocked down along Ford Road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindReeltown-Several trees uprooted along Ford Lane.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindReeltown-Power lines downed on Webster Ford Road.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindReeltown-Several trees were reported down on Macedonia Road in Reeltown.
November 2006Flash FloodReeltown-Moss Flat Road and Hayes Mill Road, in the Reeltown area, became temporarily closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall.
March 2005HailReeltown-Penny size hail was reported across far southern Tallapoosa County from near the Tallapoosa Riverto near the Lee County line.
May 2001HailReeltown-Dime size hail was reported between Reeltown and Tallassee.

Every storm recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Liberty City3.4 miles11
Tallapoosa City4.3 miles11
Church Hill (historical)4.3 miles10
Carrville5.1 miles11
Smith5.4 miles11
Simmons Crossroads6.2 miles10
Buckville6.5 miles11
Union6.9 miles11

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 ReeltownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1263359The 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 158909. 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.

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.