Deepwater, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fairview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64740. The Survey maps it on the Clinton South quadrangle. 355 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDeepwater fell from 433 to 355 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 | 433 | |
| 2020 | 355 | -78 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1887 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Clinton South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Harry S Truman Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Deepwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,131 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 104 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | PERSIMMON FIRE |
| 27 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220635-02222-08252020-1505 |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 460 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220573-02222-07222020-1515 |
| 19 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Deepwater: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Flagstone | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deepwater in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepwater | 3 hurt, $5,000 | Camper trailer blown over at campground. Three minor injuries reported. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepwater | $500,000 | A series of downbursts flipped one mobile home and heavily damaged at least six barns between Montose and just south of Deepwater. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepwater | $8,000 | Numerous trees reported down with some buildings sustaining damage. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Deepwater | - | Social media report of quarter sized hail near Deepwater. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Deepwater | - | Quarter sized hail reported between Clinton and Deepwater. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepwater | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph between Deepwater and Clinton. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Deepwater | - | Water was over Route F between Route A and Highway 52. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepwater | - | Several large tree limbs were down at the Cozy Corners RV park. Several trailers were moved off their jacks. Windows were broken from debris. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deepwater | - | Tree limbs reported down. Also a report of hail but of unknown size. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Deepwater | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Deepwater | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Deepwater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consville (historical) | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Brownington | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Sparrow | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Gaines | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| La Due | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Clinton | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Zion | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Alberta | 9.0 miles | 18 |
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 Deepwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q961826 | 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 716788. 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.








