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Redbud, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Redbud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30701. It stands on Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redbud quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Redbud within Gordon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Moss-Kelly House, Lick Creek Road near Redbud Creek, Ranger, Gordon County, GA
Moss-Kelly House, Lick Creek Road near Redbud Creek, Ranger, Gordon County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

272 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Redbud between 1992 and 2019, burning about 710 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 85 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 burning142
Arson/incendiarism85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2

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
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gordon County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redbud in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRedbud$10,000The Gordon County 911 Center reported numerous trees blown down across the county.
August 2013Flash FloodRedbud$10,000Gordon County officials indicated multiple roads were closed east of Calhoun due to flooding on the Salacoa and Lick Creeks. Roads closed included Covington Bridge Road, Brookshire Road and Lovebridge Road. Additional flooding was reported in the Sonoraville area.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRedbud$1,000The Gordon county 911 center reported that several trees were down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindRedbud$1,000The Gordon county 911 center reported that a few trees were down.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Redbud-A very brief tornado associated with a broader line of severe|storms, occurred along Owens Gin Road NE, between J Slagler Road|and Hunts Gin Road in northern Gordon County. A free-standing|barn (no walls) was heavily damaged. The metal roof, which was|completely destroyed, was secured with hurricane straps to the|four large round wooden posts and thrown into a small forest of|trees downwind. Several larger trees were snapped or uprooted.|Across Owens Gin Road, a few additional trees were snapped along|with the majority of a metal roof pulled off a smaller (old)|barn. The tornado likely lifted around this point. Max winds were|estimated to be around 90 mph based on the barn damage.
April 2003Flash FloodRedbud-The public reported that heavy rain from persistent thunderstorms caused Salacoa Creek and Lick Creek to rapidly rise up to bridge level on Georgia Highway 156 just east of Redbud. Traffic was brought to a standstill in this area for about 30 minutes. Near Ranger, debris and water was washed over Shirley Road and Liberty Church Roads. Some standing water was also reported on roads in Calhoun.

Every storm recorded in Gordon 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
Lewis Corner1.3 miles18
Hunts Corner1.6 miles18
Audubon2.3 miles18
Cash3.0 miles19
Crane Eater3.0 miles18
Fambro (historical)3.4 miles19
Big Spring (historical)3.8 miles19
Buff (historical)4.0 miles18

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 RedbudAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7303799The 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 356490. 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.