Stapleton, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Stapleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30823. The Survey maps it on the Wrens quadrangle. 402 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresStapleton grew from 318 to 402 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 | 318 | |
| 2010 | 438 | +120 (+38%) |
| 2020 | 402 | -36 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Stapleton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Stapleton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Wrens quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
332 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Stapleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 886 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 18 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 | 191 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GLASCOCK-003 |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021GLASCOCK002 |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JEFFERSON-028 |
| 2 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021JEFFERSON005 |
| 13 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JEFFERSON-021 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stapleton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reedy Creek Div Plant | Kaolin | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stapleton in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2011: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Hail | Stapleton | $300,000 | The public observed tennis ball-sized hail across northern Jefferson county, especially in the Wrens area. The Huddle House restaurant on Main Street in Wrens suffered considerable damage from the large hail as a number of windows were broken. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Stapleton | $100,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF1 tornado that initially touched down in extreme eastern Glascock county continued into far northern Jefferson county along a five mile-long path before lifting approximately three miles northeast of Stapleton. The tornado was determined to have a maximum path width of 200 yards with maximum winds estimated at 110 mph. The majority of the damage associated with this tornado occurred in Jefferson county. Significant damage was observed to the Heartsgrove Baptist Church at the intersection of Georgia Highways 80 and 296, just across from the Glascock county line. Part of the roof, brick siding, and the chimney were removed from the structure. Several granite headstones in the adjacent cemetery were tipped over. Many trees were down along the path of the tornado, especially along a 3/4 mile-long path east of the damaged church. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stapleton | $7,000 | The Jefferson County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down in the far northern part of the county, generally between Stapleton and Wrens. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stapleton | $2,000 | The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that at least six trees were down across the northern portion of the county, mainly near Wrens. The damage was caused by a thunderstorm outflow boundary as an area of thunderstorms moved into the county from the north. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stapleton | $2,000 | The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that a few trees and power lines were down in the Stapleton area in the far northern part of the county. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stapleton | $1,000 | The Jefferson county 911 center reported that some trees were down from Jefferson to Wrens. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avera | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wrens Station | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Wrens | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Omaha Springs | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brinson Crossing | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Zebina | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Stellaville | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stapletons Crossroads | 8.1 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 Stapleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3260715 | 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 356555. 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.








