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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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Soperton within Treutlen County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Soperton 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,115
20202,889-226 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed 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.

Fires near this place

948 since 1992

Regional 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 burning575
Equipment and vehicle use105
Arson/incendiarism66
Smoking60
Misuse of fire by a minor40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Natural31
Recreation and ceremony24
Railroad operations and maintenance12

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2004Natural1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TREUTLEN005
30 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Treutlen County

Storms near this place

29 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Tornado (EF3)Soperton$200,000A 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 1999Tornado (F0)Soperton$75,000Treutlen 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 2004Heavy RainSoperton$50,000The 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 2015Thunderstorm WindSoperton$8,000The Treutlen County Sheriff's Office reported numerous trees blown down across the county, some blocking roadways.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindSoperton$6,000The Treutlen County 911 Center reported trees down across the county.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSoperton$5,000The Treutlen County 911 Center reported several trees blown down and power outages in Soperton.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindSoperton$4,000no account filed
March 2001Thunderstorm WindSoperton$2,000The Truetlen county 911 center reported that a power line was blown down.
August 1999LightningSoperton$2,000A 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 1997Thunderstorm WindSoperton$2,000Several trees were knocked down on Georgia highway 166.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindSoperton$1,000Treutlen county 911 reported trees blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSoperton$1,000Treutlen county 911 reported dime size hail and several trees blown down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindSoperton$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and power lines down.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSoperton$500The Treutlen County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down in the Soperton Area.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSoperton$500Thundertsorm winds knocked down a few large trees.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindSoperton$300The Soperton sheriff's office reported trees were blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSoperton$250The Treutlen County Fire Chief reported that a number of limbs had been blown down, some onto roads.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindSoperton$250The Truetlen county 911 center reported that one tree was down.
March 2023HailSoperton-Golf ball sized hail reported at 911 call center in Soperton near intersection of Texas Avenue W and Second St.
June 2008HailSoperton-The public observed quarter-sized hail in the northeast and east central part of the county.
March 2005Thunderstorm WindSoperton-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 2003HailSoperton-The Treutlen county 911 center reported golf ball size hail.
June 2000HailSoperton-The public reported dime size hail.
May 1999HailSoperton-Treutlen county 911 and the sheriff's office reported dime size hail.
April 1999HailSoperton-The public reported quarter to golf ball size hail.
June 1998HailSoperton-no account filed
March 1996HailSoperton-no account filed
May 1994HailSoperton-no account filed
April 1993HailSoperton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Treutlen 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
Zaidee3.4 miles8
Lothair3.7 miles8
Barnhill5.4 miles8
Orland5.8 miles9
Orianna7.3 miles9
Blackville7.3 miles9
Five Points7.4 miles9
Gillis Springs7.8 miles9

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 SopertonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1766520The 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.