Collins, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Collins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30421. The Survey maps it on the Collins quadrangle. 542 people lived here at the 2024 count. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCollins fell from 584 to 542 between 2010 and 2024. 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 | 584 | |
| 2024 | 542 | -42 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Collins quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
334 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Collins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 641 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 61 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 | 191 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TATTNALL-012 |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TATTNALL011 |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019TATTNALL003 |
| 20 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collins in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $8,000 | The Tattnall County Warning Point reported a tree down on Ward Street in Collins and numerous other trees throughout the town. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $1,000 | Tattnall County Law Enforcement reported a tree down on State Route 292 in Collins. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $1,000 | The Tattnall County 911 Center relayed a report of dime size hail and 2 trees down near Collins. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $1,000 | An emergency manager reported a tree down on Highway 292. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported 1 tree down on Georgia State Road 292 west of Collins. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Tattnall County Emergency Management reported a tree down on Jesse Lynn Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Tattnall County dispatch reported a tree down on Live Oak Street in Collins. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Tattnall County dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 23 in Collins. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Law enforcement reported multiple trees reported down in Collins, GA. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Law enforcement reported one tree down near the intersection of Live Oak Street and Church Street. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Lynntown Road and Live Oak Street. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | A Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Georgia Highway 23 south of Collins. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported trees down on Church Street. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | The Tattnall County Warning Point reported power lines down near Highway 292 and Old Collins Manassas Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported power lines down on Highway 292. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Tattnall County dispatch reported multiple trees down on State Road 292, east of Collins. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Tattnall County dispatch reported two trees down on Highway 292 near the intersection with Hillview Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | The Tattnall County Dispatch relayed several reports of trees and power lines down on Old Reidsville-Collins Road. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Collins | - | The public reported hail the size of half-dollars 2 miles south of Collins. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Collins | - | A trained spotter reported penny size hail in Collins, Georgia. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on to Routes 292 and 23. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs across power lines. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Several trees were down. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| December 2005 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Collins | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danton (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Manassas | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Reidsville | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cobbtown | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hughland | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bradleys (historical) | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Purvis (historical) | 14.3 miles | 19 | |
| Mendes | 14.5 miles | 17 |
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 Collins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1950738 | 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 312845. 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.





