Menlo, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Menlo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30731. It lies near Lawrence Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Lyerly quadrangle. 480 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMenlo grew from 474 to 480 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 | 474 | |
| 2020 | 480 | +6 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lyerly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
589 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 589 fires within 5 miles of Menlo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,764 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 389 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 389 |
| Debris and open burning | 139 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHATTOOGA-011 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CHATTOOGA005 |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHATTOOGA-018 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Menlo in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Menlo | $400,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Management Director observed golf ball-sized hail approximately three miles south-southwest of Summerville. The public observed nickel-sized hail in the Menlo area. Radar supported nickel or larger size hail in a large swath across the central and southern parts of the county from Menlo, to the Floyd county line south of James H. Floyd State Park. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees onto a church and a residence. Power lines were also downed. The time was estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | $15,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down between the 4500 and 5500 block of State Hwy 48, east of Menlo. At least one vehicle was hit by falling trees and two others were involved in accidents related to the event. No serious injuries were reported. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | $3,000 | The public and the Chattooga county 911 center reported that a number of trees were down, including several large trees which were down across Georgia Highway 48. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | $2,500 | The Chattooga County 911 Center reported that at least 10 trees were blown down along Georgia Highway 337 between Menlo, Chelsea, and Teloga. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | $2,000 | Em reports two trees down east of Menlo . |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | $500 | A public report indicated 2 big trees were knocked down across a road. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Menlo | - | The Emergency Manager reported water over Yarbrough Road, making it impassable. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 5 inches, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Menlo | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail in Menlo and Trion, with dime-sized hail just east of Lyerly. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Menlo | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail two miles east of Lyerly, while an amateur radio operator reported nickel-sized hail in Menlo. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Menlo | - | An amateur radio operator reported quarter-sized hail in Menlo while an off-duty police officer reported quarter-sized hail west of Menlo. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Menlo | - | The public reported yet another round of hail, this time nickel-sized. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Menlo | - | The public reported dime size hail in Summerville and dime size hail was observed at the Post Office in Menlo. A large tree limb was also blown down in Menlo. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Menlo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Springs (historical) | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Alpine | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cloudland | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Chelsea | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Perennial | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Broomtown (historical) | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Berryton | 5.3 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 Menlo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2600988 | 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 332373. 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.









