Reeves, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30701. It stands on Robbins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plainville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Plainville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
260 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Reeves between 1992 and 2020, burning about 614 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 61 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 | 139 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GORDON-007 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GORDON-006 |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Reeves: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| C.J.Hord Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| C.S. Bryan Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Sugar Valley Land Company Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reeves in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeves | $20,000 | The Gordon County Emergency Manager reported a barn and an out building destroyed by winds at a residence on Webber Road. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Reeves | - | A tornado quickly set down between Roland Hayes Pkwy SW and|Reeves Station Road on either side of the Oostanaula River in|southwest Gordon County on Sunday evening (May 25th). A large|barn was destroyed with all walls and roof collapsing. The barn|had 4x4 posts cemented into the ground (18 inches deep) that|were pulled out of the ground. No trees or other damage|indicators around this barn, so max winds estimated around 95 mph|here. The tornado, which likely skipped up and down along its|entire 6-mile path, tracked southeast snapping a few trees along|Miller Ferry Road. Off of Webb Road SW, 4 chicken houses|sustained damage - one collapsed and two others had metal|siding/roof pieces pulled off. Additional trees were snapped at a|residence just south of the chicken farm. Based on the chicken|house damage, max winds again topped out around 95 mph in this|area. The tornado continued southeast with additional trees|snapped or uprooted (mainly EF0 damage) from Miller Ferry Road|to South Holcomb Road. No additional damage was seen east or|southeast of this area (just west of Hwy 41 and Old Dixie Hwy NW).|The rather large path width of damage (for an EF-1 tornado) could|have been due to multiple circulations/vortices that occurred|within the broader mesocyclone. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oostanaula | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rocky Creek (historical) | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| McDaniels | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Curryville | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lily Pond | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Plainville | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Calhoun | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Echota | 5.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356492. 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.









