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Reids, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Twiggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31217. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins NE quadrangle.

Reids within Twiggs County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

311 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Reids between 1992 and 2020, burning about 935 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 39 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 burning167
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use38
Smoking24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-TWIGGS-003
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-TWIGGS-006
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Natural2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-002
21 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twiggs County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Reids: 20 past producers, 17 producers, 4 occurrences. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Kaolin. 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
Hinson MineClay, KaolinOccurrence
Lawson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Huber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Huber Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Macon Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burns MineClayProducer
Georgia Kaolin Company.ClayOccurrence
MineClayPast Producer
Sam Hall and SonsClayOccurrence
Bond MineKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Twiggs County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reids in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 2021Thunderstorm WindReids$25,000The Twiggs County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown in the Huber area. Trees fell onto 2 homes on Bell Court and another onto a fire station at the intersection of Highway 129 and Sgoda Road. No injuries were reported.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindReids$2,000Two trees down along marion road near troon dr.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindReids$2,000Emergency manager reported a tree down on powerline along Marion Rd near Redbud Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindReids$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down along Highway 129 near Alfred Bond Rd.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindReids$1,000The public reported a few trees down near Alfred Bond Drive.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Reids-A broken line of storms exhibiting occasional rotation (known as|a Quasi-Linear Convective System, or QLCS) moved across Bibb and|Twiggs counties and produced a tornado that began near the county|border but progressed into northern Twiggs county. The beginning|of the tornado is noted as being within the Bond Swamp National|Wildlife Refuge at 5:45pm. This is a best estimate based on|radar, as these areas are only accessible by foot or other means.|This may be modified in a future update based on satellite data.|The first indications of damage were along Highway 23 as the|tornado emerged from the swamp directly along the Bibb-Twiggs|County line.
August 2008HailReids-An amateur radio operator reported quarter-sized hail on the Bibb/Twiggs county line, just west-southwest of Dry Branch.

Every storm recorded in Twiggs 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
Huber1.1 miles11
Dry Branch6.8 miles10
Bullard7.1 miles11
Fitzpatrick7.2 miles11
Marion7.9 miles11
Ripley8.0 miles11
Mount Calvary8.6 miles10
Myricks Mill11.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332826. 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.