BlockRockingham, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rockingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31510. The Survey maps it on the Alma quadrangle. 230 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 194 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRockingham fell from 248 to 230 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 | 248 | |
| 2020 | 230 | -18 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Hazlehurst quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
437 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 437 fires within 5 miles of Rockingham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,150 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 106 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 | 211 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 106 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-BACON-015 |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BACON-012 |
| 22 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BACON-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockingham in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Rockingham | 2 hurt | A funnel cloud was reported in Alma. |
| January 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Rockingham | 2 hurt | The tornado touched down near Radio Station Road. High end EF1 damage occurred along the path east of Johnson Lake Road along Georgia State Road 32. In this path the tornado severely damaged two mobile homes including a double wide trailer in which the walls were separated, the frame bent and flipped on its side. Large trees were snapped along the path. EF0 damage was noted along most of the path as the tornado tracked from Radio Station Road to McCarty as the storm approached State Road 32. The tornado continued northeast and weakened as it cross Ten Mile Creek over Mallard Road with a track ceasing near Bobwhite Road. The width of the tornado ranged between 30-50 yards. Two injuries occurred with one mobile home, and one resident was life-flighted with critical injuries. Both victims survived. The tornado was an EF1 with maximum winds of 100-110 mph. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | $2,000 | Four trees were blown down. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | $1,000 | A residence off of Muskrat Road estimated winds to at least 70 mph. A large tree was blown down and damaged a trampoline. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| January 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Rockingham | - | A tornado touched down NE of Alma GA near the Bennett Still Highway in Bacon County. The tornado tracked NE about 3.5 miles and crossed the Dedge Farm Road and Mallard Road. The tornado track then shifted more east to northeast and passed Whip-Poor-Will Way and crossed Oak Hill Church Road. It then weakened as it crossed the Big Satilla Creek and traveled into Appling County. Areas of large trees, snapped at the base and uprooted, were observed along the entire damage path. There was moderate structure damage near the Bacon and Appling county line which included a trailer tipped over onto an adjacent vehicle at Cardinal Road. There was also a collapsed barn roof on Red Oak Road. Peak winds were estimated at 104 mph with this tornado documented as an EF1. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | - | Widespread trees and powerlines were blown down across the county. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Rockingham | - | A weather station along New Hope Church Road measured 5.53 inches of storm total rainfall thus far. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | - | Trees and power lines were blown down NE of Alma. Wind damage also occurred to a few storage buildings. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | - | Trees were blown down along Highway 23. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | - | Trees were blown down blocking Bennett Still Highway. The time of the event was based on radar imagery. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | - | Trees and power lines were blown down along Johnsons Lake Road near Rockingham. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Rockingham | - | Penny size hail was observed on Muskrat Road just north of Alma. The hail lasted for 15 minutes. |
| February 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | - | A spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts which blew 30 ft sheets of metal around. The sheets were lying on the ground for several feet across the yard. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockingham | - | Trees were blown down across the 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.
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 Rockingham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3710245 | 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 332889. 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.