Soperton, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Soperton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30457. The Survey maps it on the Soperton North quadrangle. 2,889 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 295 feet above sea level.
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On record in Soperton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Treutlen County Courthouselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresSoperton fell from 3,115 to 2,889 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 | 3,115 | |
| 2020 | 2,889 | -226 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Soperton North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
948 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 948 fires within 5 miles of Soperton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,577 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 66 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 | 575 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 105 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Smoking | 60 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TREUTLEN005 |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Soperton in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF3) | Soperton | $200,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF3 tornado, the strongest tornado of the 15 separate tornadoes to affect north and central Georgia this Mother's Day, touched down approximately three miles south-southeast of Soperton, then tracked east-southeast across southern Treutlen county and into extreme northeastern Montgomery county. The second floor of a two-story home was completely removed by the tornado. Numerous sheds and outbuildings were destroyed along the path of the tornado. Trees and power lines were also down along the path of the tornado. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Soperton | $75,000 | Treutlen county 911 and newspaper reports indicated that a tornado was responsible for damage in Soperton. Several buildings suffered roof damage. An 18 wheeler tractor-trailer was overturned, and a 2 ton antique jail wagon was pushed off a concrete display slab. Trees were also uprooted. A deputy sheriff reported seeing the funnel as it touched down on Third Street. |
| September 2004 | Heavy Rain | Soperton | $50,000 | The Soperton News reported that heavy rain, associated with Tropical Storm Frances, caused significant leaks in the roof and flooded five rooms of the county high school. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $8,000 | The Treutlen County Sheriff's Office reported numerous trees blown down across the county, some blocking roadways. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $6,000 | The Treutlen County 911 Center reported trees down across the county. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $5,000 | The Treutlen County 911 Center reported several trees blown down and power outages in Soperton. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $4,000 | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $2,000 | The Truetlen county 911 center reported that a power line was blown down. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Soperton | $2,000 | A newspaper article reported a lightning strike damaged a brick chimney to a home. Lightning was also the probable cause of an electric substation power outage which was damaged during the storm. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $2,000 | Several trees were knocked down on Georgia highway 166. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $1,000 | Treutlen county 911 reported trees blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $1,000 | Treutlen county 911 reported dime size hail and several trees blown down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $500 | The Treutlen County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down in the Soperton Area. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $500 | Thundertsorm winds knocked down a few large trees. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $300 | The Soperton sheriff's office reported trees were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $250 | The Treutlen County Fire Chief reported that a number of limbs had been blown down, some onto roads. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | $250 | The Truetlen county 911 center reported that one tree was down. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Soperton | - | Golf ball sized hail reported at 911 call center in Soperton near intersection of Texas Avenue W and Second St. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Soperton | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail in the northeast and east central part of the county. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soperton | - | The mayor of Soperton reported that a couple of trees were down on his property. This was also confirmed by the Soperton Police Department. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Soperton | - | The Treutlen county 911 center reported golf ball size hail. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Soperton | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Soperton | - | Treutlen county 911 and the sheriff's office reported dime size hail. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Soperton | - | The public reported quarter to golf ball size hail. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Soperton | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Soperton | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Soperton | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Soperton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaidee | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lothair | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Barnhill | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Orland | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Orianna | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Blackville | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Five Points | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gillis Springs | 7.8 miles | 9 |
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 Soperton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1766520 | 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 323223. 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.





