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Redan, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lithonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30058. The Survey maps it on the Redan quadrangle. 31,749 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.

Redan within DeKalb County

Population over time

2 figures

Redan fell from 33,015 to 31,749 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
201033,015
202031,749-1,266 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Redan between 1992 and 2016, burning about 241 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3

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
4 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DEKALB-001
12 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Redan: 9 producers, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Lawson Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vaughn DepositMicaOccurrence
Big Ledge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pine Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Chapel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Banks QuarryGranitePast Producer
Barber's QuarryGraniteProducer
Fowler's QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redan in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindRedan$70,000The DeKalb County police department reported that a tree was blown down on a house along Rockmoor Drive.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindRedan$10,000The DeKalb County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down on the eastern side of the county. Locations include around Shadow Rock Lane at Shadow Rock Drive, South Deshon Road near Regal Heights Drive, and around the intersection of Bermuda Road and Stewart Mills Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRedan$3,000The DeKalb County 911 Center reported four trees and several power lines down in the Redan area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRedan$1,000The Red Cross reported a tree down on powerlines on Downs Crossing.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRedan-Trees down at Waterton Drive.
July 2018HailRedan-The public reported quarter size hail near the intersection of Hemming Way and St. Thomas Drive.

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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
Swift Creek0.7 miles22
Belmont2.4 miles23
Hidden Hills2.4 miles23
Lithonia2.7 miles21
Rock Chapel3.0 miles22
Arbor Ridge3.2 miles22
Bermuda3.2 miles22
Fairington3.6 miles23

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 RedanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2111226The 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 332813. 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.