Deepstep, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Deepstep census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31082. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deepstep quadrangle. 117 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresDeepstep fell from 132 to 117 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 132 | |
| 2010 | 131 | -1 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 117 | -14 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Deepstep quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Deepstep between 1992 and 2020, burning about 888 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 10 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 | 91 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WASHINGTON-005 |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WASHINGTON-018 |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WASHINGTON-015 |
| 9 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Deepstep: 31 producers, 25 prospects, 14 past producers, 4 occurrences. 32 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Aluminum, Kaolin, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Paper and Fibre Co Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Georgia Kaolin No 1 Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Thiel Kaolin Co Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Anglo American Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Buffalo-China Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| No. 5 Hale Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Scott Mine & Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Veal Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Washington County Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Armstrong Pit | Kaolin | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deepstep in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $8,000 | The Washington County Emergency Manager reported s few trees blown down across the county from the Deepstep area, across Sandersville to near Tanner. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $5,000 | The Washington County 911 center reported several trees blown down along Pleasant Grove Road. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $5,000 | The Washington County 911 Center reported trees and power lines blown down county wide. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $4,000 | The Washington county 911 center reported many trees down across the western half of the county. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $3,000 | The Washington county 911 center reported several trees down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $2,000 | The 911 center reported a tree blown down on Deep Step Road and power lines down in several locations in the county. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $1,500 | The public reported several trees down along Linton Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $1,000 | Tree reported down on Pleasant Grove Rd near intersection with Linton Rd. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $1,000 | The Washington County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto power lines along Deepstep Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $1,000 | The Washington County Emergency Management Director and the county 911 center reported that four trees were down in the western part of the county, one of which was down near the Wilkinson county line. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $1,000 | Washington county 911 reported trees down in Deepstep and Sandersville. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | $500 | The Washington County 911 center reported that three trees were blown down on Deepstep Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepstep | - | A couple of trees and powerlines down on Pleasant Grove Rd near intersection with Deepstep Rd. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Deepstep | - | The Washington County 911 Center received many reports of small hail from pea to almost nickel-size, but mostly penny-sized or smaller. The hail even covered the ground and lasted for several minutes around Sandersville. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Deepstep | - | The public observed penny to nickel-sized hail along Deepstep Road, Fall Line Freeway, and Commerce Street in and northwest of Sandersville. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Deepstep | - | A spotter reported penny-sized hail. The hail partially covered the road. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Deepstep | - | A storm spotter reported penny-sized hail in Deepstep, while the county Emergency Management Director reported pea-sized hail in Sandersville. |
| January 1996 | Hail | Deepstep | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Town | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Brook Springs | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hebron | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tabernacle | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kaolin | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ennis | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sandersville | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Silas (historical) | 9.0 miles | 11 |
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 Deepstep | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1842084 | 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 331534. 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.






