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Reid, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35611. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jones Crossroads quadrangle.

Reid within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

70 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Reid between 1994 and 2020, burning about 564 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140925-003
24 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-6
22 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-11
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-5
2 September 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use200 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reid in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Reid$927,000The tornado began south of Highway 72, between York Lane and Lucas Ferry Road. Significant impacts were observed near the intersection of Lucas Ferry Road and Sanderfer Road, where numerous wooden power poles were snapped, and cross members were broken. Uprooted trees and additional snapped power poles were |documented along Sanderfer Road. The tornado tracked in an east-northeast direction, continuing through the Jefferson Road and Highway 72 vicinity before dissipating.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Reid$45,000A small tornado touched down at Paradise Shores on the Limestone County side of the Tennessee River downing several trees and causing minor damage to several houses. One tree fell on a car while another fell into a three-car garage damaging a collection of Harley-Davidson motocylces.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindReid$2,000A tree was blown down on Lucas Ferry road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindReid$1,000Trees were knocked down on Wales Road, partially blocking the roadway.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindReid-A tree was blown down onto a home and cars off of Browns Ferry Road.
June 2011HailReid-Hail up to the size of quarters was reported on Lucas Ferry Road.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Reid-A tornado of EF-0 intensity produced peak wind speeds up to 70 mph. The tornado formed in associated with a secondary circulation that developed a few miles south of a pre-existing tornado. The second tornado touched down west of the intersection of Huntsville Brown Ferry Road and Neely Road and moved east-northeast before dissipating near Tanner. This weak and brief tornado primarily uprooted trees and caused damage to signage near Tanner High School.
April 2011HailReid-One inch diameter hail was reported.
March 2009Flash FloodReid-Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding which closed portions of Moyers road.

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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
Turner Chapel1.0 miles15
Green Hills1.8 miles15
Batts Heights2.3 miles22
Lawson2.5 miles15
Proctor2.6 miles15
Jones Crossroads2.9 miles15
Blackburn3.0 miles15
Farmview3.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125553. 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.