Rhine, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rhine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31077. The Survey maps it on the Rhine quadrangle. 295 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 243 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRhine fell from 394 to 295 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 | 394 | |
| 2020 | 295 | -99 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1977 USGS Rhine quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Rhine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,980 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 27 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 | 153 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rhine: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhine in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Rhine | $50,000 | A severe thunderstorm with an imbedded weak tornado which briefly touched down damaged three homes. One home was a mobiel home which was damaged when a tree fell on it, one was a permanent structure which sustained major damage when the porch and main support for the roof was ripped off, and one was a temporary structure which had it's tin roof pulled off. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Rhine | $30,000 | The Emergency Manager reported that a portion of Oak Grove Church Road was completely washed out after corrugated culvert piping under the road became overwhelmed by runoff. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 6 inches occurred over the area, falling on already saturated soils, resulting in flash flooding in the county. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Rhine | $10,000 | An amateur radio operator reported golf ball-sized hail in Rhine and the public observed penny-sized hail south and east of Rhine along the Telfair county line. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $8,000 | An amateur radio operator reported trees blown down and power out from Reeves Street to Second Street in Rhine. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $6,000 | The Dodge County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down from Rhine to Jay Bird Springs. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $5,000 | Several trees down along with roof damage on hwy 115 between Rhine and Telfair county line. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $5,000 | The Dodge County 911 center reported a few trees blown down from around the intersection of 2nd Street and Sycamore Street in Rhine to around the intersection of Milan-Chauncey Road and Marion Sheffield Road north of Milan. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $5,000 | The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported that 20 trees and several power lines were down in the Rhine area. At least 300 residents in the area were without power. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $5,000 | The Dodge county 911 center reported numerous trees down in Rhine. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $1,000 | The Dodge County Emergency Manager reported a power line blown down on Highway 280 in Rhine. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $500 | Dodge county 911 reported several trees were blown down. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhine | $250 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and a power lines. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Rhine | - | The Dodge County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail in the Rhine area. Radar data strongly suggested that hail of similar size fell southward to the Telfair county line east of Browning. One tree was also down along Georgia Highway 117 between Rhine and the Telfair county line. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Rhine | - | The Dodge county 911 center reported quarter-sized hail. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Rhine | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Calvin | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Hill | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Five Points | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ararat | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Union | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| McCranie | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Chauncey | 10.7 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 Rhine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2156232 | 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 321548. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




