Hope Hull, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hope Hull census division. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery South quadrangle. It stands 207 feet above sea level.
On record in Hope Hull
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
Tankersley Rosenwald Schoollisted 2009
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1927 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Montgomery South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Montgomery South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Hope Hull between 1994 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190917-2 |
| 11 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160911-1 |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HILL TOP LANE, AL |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hope Hull: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer Heights Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shiloh Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hope Hull in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2005 | Hail | Hope Hull | $22,000 | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope Hull | $17,000 | A roof was torn off a business on US 31 near Hope Hull. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Hope Hull | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near the Hope Hull community. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Hope Hull | - | Nickel size hail was reported at the Rodeway Inn along Interstate 65. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Hope Hull | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Hope Hull | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Hope Hull | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos del Sol | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| McGehees | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Hunting Downs | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Southlawn | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Village West | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Windwood | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Southlawn East | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| English Village | 2.8 miles | 21 |
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 Hope Hull | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5899304 | 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 120350. 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.








