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.
Population over time
2 figuresReeltown 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 766 | |
| 2020 | 794 | +28 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Carrville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1995Regional 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/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-12 |
| 13 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120704-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Reeltown | $70,000 | National 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 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Reeltown | $15,000 | A 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down near the Reeltown VFD, and some nearby baseball field dugouts were damaged by winds. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Reeltown | $5,000 | A 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | $5,000 | Trees were blown down and power poles were snapped along Mosses Flat Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | $3,000 | An 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down in far southern Tallapoosa County near Lake Martin. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | $3,000 | Trees were blown down on Lovelady Road in Reeltown. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down in Reeltown. |
| January 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down in Reeltown. |
| November 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | - | Siding was blown off a structure, and a few trees were downed in the area of Stillwaters Highway and Lovelady Rd. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Reeltown | - | Quarter-size hail was reported at Reeltown Baptist Church. Hail damage was reported to a few roof tops in the area. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | - | 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | - | A few structures in Reeltown sustained minor roof damage. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | - | Trees were knocked down along Ford Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | - | Several trees uprooted along Ford Lane. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | - | Power lines downed on Webster Ford Road. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeltown | - | Several trees were reported down on Macedonia Road in Reeltown. |
| November 2006 | Flash Flood | Reeltown | - | Moss Flat Road and Hayes Mill Road, in the Reeltown area, became temporarily closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Reeltown | - | Penny size hail was reported across far southern Tallapoosa County from near the Tallapoosa Riverto near the Lee County line. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Reeltown | - | Dime size hail was reported between Reeltown and Tallassee. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty City | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tallapoosa City | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Church Hill (historical) | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Carrville | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Smith | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Simmons Crossroads | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Buckville | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Union | 6.9 miles | 11 |
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 Reeltown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1263359 | 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 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.





