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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Rio Grande, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Raccoon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45674. It stands on Little Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rio Grande quadrangle. 724 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.

Rio Grande within Gallia County

Population over time

2 figures

Rio Grande fell from 830 to 724 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. 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
2010830
2020724-106 (-13%)

Then and now

1906 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rio Grande, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Rio Grande, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Photographs

8 photographs, 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. Bailey, FSA (Farm Security Administration) county supervisor, visiting Reed Hall on his unproductive farm in the hill section of this county. Mr. Bailey is attempting to recruit men from this type of farm for farm labor training and relocation in more productive farming areas
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. Bailey, FSA (Farm Security Administration) county supervisor, visiting Reed Hall on his unproductive farm in the hill section of this county. Mr. Bailey is attempting to recruit men from this type of farm for farm labor training and relocation in more productive farming areas
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Vinton Kerr (on the tractor), a local farmer hired to instruct farm labor trainees at Rio Grande College
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Vinton Kerr (on the tractor), a local farmer hired to instruct farm labor trainees at Rio Grande College
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Rio Grande, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Hall at their new home on a 500 acre dairy farm in Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. Hall was placed on this farm after attending the farm labor training school at Rio Grande College, Ohio
Rio Grande, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Hall at their new home on a 500 acre dairy farm in Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. Hall was placed on this farm after attending the farm labor training school at Rio Grande College, Ohio
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Rio Grande, Ohio. Farm workers Leighton Cassidy, John Floyd, Wayne Gibson and Albert McCune, in training at Rio Grande College
Rio Grande, Ohio. Farm workers Leighton Cassidy, John Floyd, Wayne Gibson and Albert McCune, in training at Rio Grande College
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Reed Hall and his wife, Evelyn, in their home in the hill section before moving to 500 acre dairy farm where Mr. Hall received employment as a result of his training at Rio Grande College
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Reed Hall and his wife, Evelyn, in their home in the hill section before moving to 500 acre dairy farm where Mr. Hall received employment as a result of his training at Rio Grande College
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Jim Stevens and Samuel George feed 100 head of hogs on Harry Linebaugh's farm
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Jim Stevens and Samuel George feed 100 head of hogs on Harry Linebaugh's farm
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stevens now living on the 280 acre dairy farm of Harry Linebaugh. They had formerly farmed thirty acres in Kentucky, raising mostly tobacco. Mr. Stevens received farm labor training at Ohio State University
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stevens now living on the 280 acre dairy farm of Harry Linebaugh. They had formerly farmed thirty acres in Kentucky, raising mostly tobacco. Mr. Stevens received farm labor training at Ohio State University
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. James Uriah Dove in the hog house, talking with his new hired men from Kentucky
Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. James Uriah Dove in the hog house, talking with his new hired men from Kentucky
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress

Fires nearby

52 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Rio Grande between 2006 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15269
7 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15786
15 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15784
23 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15764
2 June 2007Debris and open burning2.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallia County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 203 shown

Museums hold 203 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rio Grande between 1900 and 1974: 133 Animalia, 40 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Chaetona flavipennis Coquillett, 1902Chaetona flavipennis Coquillett, 19021900[Not Stated]Vinton
Specimen of Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838Chrysops niger Macquart, 18381900not recorded
Specimen of Gymnosporangium germinale (Schwein.) F.KernGymnosporangium germinale (Schwein.) F.Kern1901Kellerman, W.A.Vinton
unnamed1900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Animalia1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Arthromacra aenea, not of this specimenArthromacra aenea1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus Meigen, not of this specimenChrysotus Meigen, 18241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus distinctus, not of this specimenChrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 19241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 18611900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Liancalus genualis Loew, 18611900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812)1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798)1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States

All 203 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rio Grande: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Holley PitStone, Crushed/Broken, BituminousProducer

Every working recorded in Gallia County

Storms nearby

18 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Rio Grande in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998HailRio Grande$200,000no account filed
March 2015FloodRio Grande$30,000Small streams overflowed and blocked roads on the 4th into the 5th. Backwater from the Ohio River continued minor flooding into the 6th.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRio Grande$30,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRio Grande$10,000Many large tree branches blown down. A 1 foot diameter tree was snapped.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRio Grande$5,000Several trees were blown down.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindRio Grande$3,000Scattered locations had large trees uprooted or large branches snapped off.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindRio Grande$3,000Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRio Grande$2,000A power pole was broken.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRio Grande$2,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRio Grande$1,000Trees were blown down.
April 2025FloodRio Grande-Sections of Routes 325 and 554 were closed due to flooding.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRio Grande-Trees were blown down on Cherry Ridge Road.
April 2020HailRio Grande-no account filed
April 2018HailRio Grande-no account filed
April 2010HailRio Grande-no account filed
April 2010HailRio Grande-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRio Grande-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRio Grande-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gallia 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
Adamsville1.4 miles10
Tynrhos (historical)2.3 miles12
Harrisburg2.3 miles10
McCormick (historical)3.4 miles13
Thurman3.7 miles11
Cora3.8 miles13
Centerpoint4.2 miles12
Woods Mill4.5 miles10

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 Rio GrandeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1934078The 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 1076745. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.