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.
Population over time
2 figuresRio 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 830 | |
| 2020 | 724 | -106 (-13%) |
Then and now
1906 to 1981The 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 sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1906 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bidwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rio Grande quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rio Grande quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rio Grande quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 photographs, 1943Taken 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.
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires nearby
52 since 2006The 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 burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15269 |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15786 |
| 15 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15784 |
| 23 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15764 |
| 2 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 203 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Chaetona flavipennis Coquillett, 1902 | 1900 | [Not Stated] | Vinton |
![]() | Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838 | 1900 | not recorded | |
![]() | Gymnosporangium germinale (Schwein.) F.Kern | 1901 | Kellerman, W.A. | Vinton |
| unnamed | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Animalia | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
![]() | Arthromacra aenea | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
![]() | Chrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 1924 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States |
| Chrysotus obliquus Loew, 1861 | 1900 | none specified | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Liancalus genualis Loew, 1861 | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Meracantha contracta (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States | |
| Tarpela micans (Fabricius, 1798) | 1900 | not recorded | Vinton, 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 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holley Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous | Producer |
Storms nearby
18 since 1998The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Hail | Rio Grande | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Flood | Rio Grande | $30,000 | Small streams overflowed and blocked roads on the 4th into the 5th. Backwater from the Ohio River continued minor flooding into the 6th. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | $10,000 | Many large tree branches blown down. A 1 foot diameter tree was snapped. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | $3,000 | Scattered locations had large trees uprooted or large branches snapped off. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | $3,000 | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | $2,000 | A power pole was broken. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | $1,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Rio Grande | - | Sections of Routes 325 and 554 were closed due to flooding. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | - | Trees were blown down on Cherry Ridge Road. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Rio Grande | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Rio Grande | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Rio Grande | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Rio Grande | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rio Grande | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adamsville | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Tynrhos (historical) | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Harrisburg | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| McCormick (historical) | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Thurman | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cora | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Centerpoint | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Woods Mill | 4.5 miles | 10 |
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 Grande | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1934078 | 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 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.
















