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.
Population over time
2 figuresRedan 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33,015 | |
| 2020 | 31,749 | -1,266 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Redan quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Redan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-DEKALB-001 |
| 12 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawson Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vaughn Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Big Ledge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lithonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lithonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Pine Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock Chapel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Banks Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Barber's Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Fowler's Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redan | $70,000 | The DeKalb County police department reported that a tree was blown down on a house along Rockmoor Drive. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redan | $10,000 | The 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redan | $3,000 | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported four trees and several power lines down in the Redan area. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redan | $1,000 | The Red Cross reported a tree down on powerlines on Downs Crossing. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redan | - | Trees down at Waterton Drive. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Redan | - | The public reported quarter size hail near the intersection of Hemming Way and St. Thomas Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Creek | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Belmont | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Hidden Hills | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Lithonia | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Rock Chapel | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Arbor Ridge | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Bermuda | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Fairington | 3.6 miles | 23 |
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 Redan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2111226 | 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 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.









