Reidsboro, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Zebulon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30292. The Survey maps it on the Hollonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hollonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Reidsboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 28 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 | 175 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PIKE002 |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-PIKE-003 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SPALDING-007 |
| 21 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-PIKE-001 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PIKE-001 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reidsboro in 7 storm reports between 2012 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Reidsboro | $25,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with peak winds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 100 yards touched down in the 500 block of Wood Creek Road southwest of Williamson in northern Pike County. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted intermittently along a path following Reidsboro Road northeastward, including in the Eagles Landing subdivision, where one home sustained |minor roof damage. The tornado lifted just southwest of Pike County Fire Station #6 west of Williamson-Zebulon Road. [01/13/20: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Pike, 2020:004]. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reidsboro | $2,000 | Two trees down near reidsboro road and drew allen road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reidsboro | $2,000 | Report of trees down along Drew Allen Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reidsboro | $2,000 | Emergency manager reported two trees down near the intersection of Reidsboro Rd and Drew Allen Rd. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reidsboro | $1,000 | A tree was downed across reidsboro rd at drew allen rd. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reidsboro | $1,000 | A tree was downed at Shady Lane and Reidsboro Road. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Reidsboro | - | A member of the general public reported 0.75 inch hail just south of Williamson. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jolly | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Smiths Chapel | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Beeks (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bottoms | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Zebulon | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Williamson | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Concord | 4.3 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566651 | 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 332827. 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.
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.




