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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.

Rentz within Laurens County

Population over time

3 figures

Rentz 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.

YearPeople Change
2000304
2010295-9 (-3%)
2020312+17 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

640 since 1992

Regional 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 burning392
Equipment and vehicle use68
Arson/incendiarism48
Smoking31
Recreation and ceremony31
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Misuse of fire by a minor20

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LAURENS-044
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020LAURENS012
6 September 2020Debris and open burning21 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021LAURENS023
4 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-LAURENS-002
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Laurens County

Storms near this place

14 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2000Thunderstorm WindRentz1 hurt, $150,000The 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 2008Thunderstorm WindRentz$25,000The 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 2007Thunderstorm WindRentz$25,000The 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 2015Thunderstorm WindRentz$5,000The 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 2003Thunderstorm WindRentz$3,000The 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 2000Thunderstorm WindRentz$500The Laurens County 911 center reported small trees down in Rentz and Dexter.
March 2026Tornado (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 2025HailRentz-Amateur radio operator relayed report of dime to quarter size hail off coleman farm road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRentz-Trees down near intersection of Coleman Register Rd and GR Register road.
June 2008HailRentz-The Laurens County 911 Center relayed a report of penny-sized hail west of Rentz.
April 2004HailRentz-The Laurens county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
November 2003HailRentz-The Laurens county Emergency Managment Director reported penny-sized hail.
April 1993HailRentz-no account filed
April 1993HailRentz-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Laurens 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
Mayberry (historical)1.9 miles8
Alligood3.7 miles8
Cadwell4.1 miles8
Nameless4.3 miles8
Springhaven (historical)4.9 miles8
Dexter5.0 miles8
Garretta5.2 miles8
Musgrove (historical)5.7 miles8

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 RentzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1973894The 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.