Berlin, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Berlin-Ellenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31722. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berlin East quadrangle. 511 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBerlin fell from 551 to 511 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 551 | |
| 2020 | 511 | -40 (-7%) |
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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Berlin East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Berlin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 892 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 | 132 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BROOKS-004 |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-COLQUITT-004 |
| 26 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COOK-009 |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berlin in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $50,000 | The Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation reported numerous power poles and power lines down through portions of Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, and Lowndes counties. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down onto Highway 133 South. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $2,000 | The sheriff's office reported several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $1,000 | A SKYWARN storm spotter reported numerous downed trees on Perry Road just north of the Brooks County line. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $1,000 | Trees down on Little Mexico and Edmonson Roads. Reported by the Colquitt County Sheriff. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Berlin | - | The public reported street flooding in the Berlin area. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | - | Two trees were blown down along Tillman Road. |
| February 2012 | Heavy Rain | Berlin | - | A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.00 inches was reported by CoCoRaHS site GA-CQ-1. |
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Berlin | - | A 24 hour total of 4.00 inches was measured at GA-CQ-1. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bayboro (historical) | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Autreyville | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ellenton | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pineboro | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sunset | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| South Moultrie | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ganor | 10.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Berlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2345711 | 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 354554. 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.




