Reed Creek, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Reed Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30643. It stands on Reed Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reed Creek quadrangle. 2,724 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresReed Creek grew from 2,148 to 2,724 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,148 | |
| 2010 | 2,604 | +456 (+21%) |
| 2020 | 2,724 | +120 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reed Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
119 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Reed Creek between 1994 and 2019, burning about 706 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 burning | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HART001 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-HART-002 |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HART-002 |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HART-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reed Creek: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Sula Mccurley Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reed Creek in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Reed Creek | $5,000 | This brief tornado blew down numerous trees and power lines near Reed Creek. One tree fell on a house. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed Creek | $400 | Thunderstorm winds blew a few trees down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Reed Creek | - | Public reported (via Social Media) reported at least quarter size hail in the Reed Creek area. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Reed Creek | - | Public reported quarter size hail along Harbor Point. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed Creek | - | A power pole was blown down on Reed Creek School Rd. At least one tree was also blown down in the same area. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed Creek | - | Another round of severe thunderstorms downed multiple trees from the Reed Creek area, across Hartwell and to areas southeast of town. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed Creek | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the eastern part of the county. |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed Creek | - | Several trees were blown down in the Reed Creek community. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Reed Creek | - | This tornado touched down near Oak Crest Dr in the Reed Creek community in extreme northeast Hart County, then skipped across Lake Hartwell before tracking into extreme western Anderson County in South Carolina. The intermittent damage path was mainly limited to downed trees and power lines, although some minor structural damage was noted near Reed Creek. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed Creek | - | Three or 4 trees blown down on power lines in the Reed Creek area. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed Creek | - | Quite a few trees and power lines blown down. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Reed Creek | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Reed Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Reed Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maretts | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Olivet | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Bower (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shoal Creek | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Parkertown | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Parkertown Mill | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hartwell | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Roads | 6.4 miles | 15 |
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 Reed Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2253203 | 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 332819. 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.




