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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.

Reo within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

335 since 1992

Regional 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 burning174
Arson/incendiarism96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-008
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WALKER001
26 September 1993Debris and open burning34 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Naomi AreaIronPast ProducerStratabound Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindReo$3,000Several trees down near Villanow on ga335 near S Dicks Creek Rd and on E Armuchee Rd near Shahan Ln and Reo Rd.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindReo$3,000Several trees down across GA-136 East near Villanow.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindReo$2,000U.S. Forest Service firefighters relayed a report of several trees down just east of Villanow.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindReo$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Hwy 136 and S Dicks Creek Rd.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindReo$1,000The public reported a tree blown down and a backyard play set blown over on Robin Way.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindReo-Mesonet station NAOG1 Armuchee.
January 2012HailReo-A United States Forest Service Employee reported 0.75 inch hail in the Villanow area.

Every storm recorded in Walker 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
Villanow2.9 miles25
Chestnutflat (historical)3.7 miles24
Furnace (historical)4.7 miles25
Catlett5.1 miles24
Naomi5.5 miles24
East Armuchee6.2 miles24
Greenbush (historical)7.1 miles24
Suttles Mill7.4 miles24

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.