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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.

Deepwater within Henry County

Population over time

2 figures

Deepwater 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.

YearPeople Change
2010433
2020355-78 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

75 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined104 acresMissouri Department of ConservationPERSIMMON FIRE
27 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220635-02222-08252020-1505
22 August 1999Arson/incendiarism460 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
27 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220573-02222-07222020-1515
19 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - FlagstoneStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDeepwater3 hurt, $5,000Camper trailer blown over at campground. Three minor injuries reported.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDeepwater$500,000A series of downbursts flipped one mobile home and heavily damaged at least six barns between Montose and just south of Deepwater.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDeepwater$8,000Numerous trees reported down with some buildings sustaining damage.
June 2025HailDeepwater-Social media report of quarter sized hail near Deepwater.
September 2023HailDeepwater-Quarter sized hail reported between Clinton and Deepwater.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindDeepwater-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph between Deepwater and Clinton.
July 2020Flash FloodDeepwater-Water was over Route F between Route A and Highway 52.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDeepwater-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 2002Thunderstorm WindDeepwater-Tree limbs reported down. Also a report of hail but of unknown size.
May 2018HailDeepwater-no account filed
March 2006HailDeepwater-no account filed
April 2003HailDeepwater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Consville (historical)2.7 miles20
Brownington2.8 miles20
Sparrow6.1 miles18
Gaines6.2 miles18
La Due6.6 miles17
Clinton7.5 miles18
Mount Zion7.7 miles20
Alberta9.0 miles18

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 DeepwaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q961826The 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.