Reo, Georgia
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Villanow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. The Survey maps it on the Villanow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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 Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS Villanow quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Villanow quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Villanow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Villanow quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
335 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Reo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,399 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 96 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 | 174 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALKER-008 |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021WALKER001 |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WHITFIELD-009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Reo: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi Area | Iron | Past Producer | Stratabound Concordant |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reo in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reo | $3,000 | Several trees down near Villanow on ga335 near S Dicks Creek Rd and on E Armuchee Rd near Shahan Ln and Reo Rd. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reo | $3,000 | Several trees down across GA-136 East near Villanow. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reo | $2,000 | U.S. Forest Service firefighters relayed a report of several trees down just east of Villanow. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reo | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Hwy 136 and S Dicks Creek Rd. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reo | $1,000 | The public reported a tree blown down and a backyard play set blown over on Robin Way. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reo | - | Mesonet station NAOG1 Armuchee. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Reo | - | A United States Forest Service Employee reported 0.75 inch hail in the Villanow area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villanow | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Chestnutflat (historical) | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Furnace (historical) | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Catlett | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Naomi | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| East Armuchee | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Greenbush (historical) | 7.1 miles | 24 | |
| Suttles Mill | 7.4 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332832. 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.











