Rentz, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rentz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31075. The Survey maps it on the Rentz quadrangle. 312 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 308 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresRentz grew from 304 to 312 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 304 | |
| 2010 | 295 | -9 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 312 | +17 (+6%) |
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
- 1974 USGS Rentz quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
640 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 640 fires within 5 miles of Rentz between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,165 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 48 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 | 392 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Smoking | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LAURENS-044 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LAURENS012 |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021LAURENS023 |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-LAURENS-002 |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rentz in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rentz | 1 hurt, $150,000 | The Laurens county Emergency Management director reported significant thunderstorm wind damage in the general area between Rentz and Garretta, about 6 miles southwest of Dublin. An Auto Body shop was damaged just northeast of Rentz along Georgia Highway 117 and a block house was destroyed on Doyle-Taylor Road. The roof was blown off causing the walls to cave in. Four people were in the house at the time of the incident and one was injured when a ceiling beam fell on one of the occupants. Numerous trees and power lines were also reported down across the eastern half of the county. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rentz | $25,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Management Director reported that a mobile home and a carport to a home along David Mullis road just northeast of Rentz were damaged from thunderstorm winds gusts. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rentz | $25,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Management Director reported that about 25 trees were blown down between Rentz and Dexter, several blown down on structures. This likely the result of a downburst. One aluminum carport was also damaged. In addition, two power lines were also down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rentz | $5,000 | The Laurens County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down from near Rentz to Dublin and Brewton, including on Mayberry Road, Highway 199 near I-16 and South Peachtree Road. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rentz | $3,000 | The Laurens county Emergency Management Director reported that a number of trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 441 just northeast of Rentz and that three trees were down near Georgia Highway 338 between Dexter and Cadwell. The public also reported that some trees were down in Rentz. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rentz | $500 | The Laurens County 911 center reported small trees down in Rentz and Dexter. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Rentz | - | A brief tornado occurred to the east of Rentz, GA in the early morning hours of March 12. Damage from the tornado was first observed on Etheridge Rd near the intersection of GB Lindsey Rd where a pine tree was knocked over into the road. The tornado|continued northeast, running parallel to GB Lindsey Rd where it caused minor shingle damage to the roof of a home and damaged large branches in nearby trees. Continuing northeast, the tornado uprooted or snapped about ten pine trees in close proximity|before causing significant damage to a home. At this home, winds appeared to have entered through the opening, and pushed the walls outward. The northern facing wall was pulled out off of its nails, with debris and cinderblocks from near its base thrown|over 50 feet away. This was consistent with EF1 damage with winds of 100 mph. A hardwood tree was also uprooted immediately outside the home. The tornado destroyed a large chicken coop on the northeast side of the home and moved it about 30 feet. The tornado continued northeastward across a field, causing damage to|large branches at the tree line and uprooting an additional tree near a reservoir, lifting shortly thereafter. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Rentz | - | Amateur radio operator relayed report of dime to quarter size hail off coleman farm road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rentz | - | Trees down near intersection of Coleman Register Rd and GR Register road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Rentz | - | The Laurens County 911 Center relayed a report of penny-sized hail west of Rentz. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Rentz | - | The Laurens county 911 center reported penny-sized hail. |
| November 2003 | Hail | Rentz | - | The Laurens county Emergency Managment Director reported penny-sized hail. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Rentz | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Rentz | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayberry (historical) | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Alligood | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cadwell | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Nameless | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Springhaven (historical) | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dexter | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Garretta | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Musgrove (historical) | 5.7 miles | 8 |
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 Rentz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1973894 | 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 321523. 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.





