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Reeds, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Royston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30662. The Survey maps it on the Bowman quadrangle.

Reeds within Hart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Reeds between 1992 and 2019, burning about 392 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 burning107
Equipment and vehicle use42
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking11
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HART-007
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Smoking4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HART-006
17 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020ELBERT003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Reeds: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Coneross River MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bromer Ayers DepositMicaOccurrence
Mccrary ProspectMicaProspect
Brown Mine (Kings Mount Gold Mine)GoldPast ProducerVein
Brown PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Ginn PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Ginn PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Hart 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
Vanna1.0 miles14
Royston4.5 miles14
Goldmine4.7 miles14
Amandaville (historical)6.0 miles14
Eagle Grove6.1 miles14
Bio8.2 miles13
Canon8.4 miles14
Nuberg10.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 335695. 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.