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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.

Reeves within Gordon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

260 since 1992

Regional 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 burning139
Arson/incendiarism61
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GORDON-007
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GORDON-006
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use17 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gordon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Floyd PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 1ClayPast Producer
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 2ClayPast Producer
C.J.Hord PropertyIronProspect
C.S. Bryan PropertyIronUnknown
Sugar Valley Land Company MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gordon County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindReeves$20,000The Gordon County Emergency Manager reported a barn and an out building destroyed by winds at a residence on Webber Road.
May 2025Tornado (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.

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
Oostanaula1.4 miles17
Rocky Creek (historical)3.0 miles17
McDaniels3.5 miles19
Curryville3.7 miles17
Lily Pond3.7 miles19
Plainville4.1 miles17
Calhoun4.3 miles19
Echota5.5 miles19

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.