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New Hope, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the New Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35760. It stands on Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Hope quadrangle. 2,889 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.

New Hope within Madison County

On record in New Hope

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

New Hope grew from 2,810 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
20102,810
20202,889+79 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1994 and 2018, burning about 525 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning23
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160926-11
18 September 1998Debris and open burning30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Smoking15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 431 S, AL
14 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 New Hope: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Diamond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
New Hope QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 27 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
August 2007Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$1,000,000A large tree was blown down on a mobile home. Power lines were also blown down.
November 2001Tornado (F2)New Hope$500,000The same storm that spawned the Union Grove Tornado moved northeast across the Tennessee River and produced another tornado in southeastern Madison County. This tornado, rated an F2 on the Fujita scale, touched down around 1:50 pm about 3.6 miles west-southwest of the city of New Hope near the base of Lemley Mountain where it downed trees and produced light damage to some homes. The tornado then strengthened as it moved northeast through a mobile home community where several mobile homes were thrown and demolished. After crossing US 431 and damaging several businesses, the tornado lifted about three-quarters of a mile northeast of the US 431/Old US 431 intersection around 1:54 pm. Despite damage to at least 21 homes, including eight that were completely demolished, there were no known injuries. In the mobile home community where the greatest damage occurred, residents stated they heard the Tornado Warning on televison and through NOAA Weather Radio and took cover in underground storm shelters. Beg: 34 31.445/86 26.951 End: 34 33.250/86 25.254
March 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$382,000One home and five mobile homes were destroyed and 65 others structures sustained major or minor damage in the New Hope area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$20,000A tree was blown down onto a home on Cedar Point Road by thunderstorm winds.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$8,000A roof was blown off a barn and several trees were knocked down in the New Hope area.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$6,000Trees and power lines down on Lemley Circle in New Hope.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$5,000Thunderstorm winds resulted in a roof being peeled back from a mobile home along Scott Branch Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$3,000Power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds across the roadway intersection of Cedar Point road and Carpenter road, about two miles east-northeast of New Hope, Alabama.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$2,000A tree was knocked down on a house. Time estimated from radar.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$1,000A few trees were knocked down in New Hope. Time estimated by radar.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$500A tree was knocked down on power lines on Madison Avenue. Time estimated from radar.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$500A tree was knocked down near Main Drive and Johnson Avenue.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$500A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds at New Hope.
March 2021HailNew Hope-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
March 2021HailNew Hope-Hail of 1.5 inch in diameter was reported.
April 2015HailNew Hope-Quarter sized hail was reported.
September 2013Flash FloodNew Hope-A portion of Mayo Road was washed out due to at least 12 inches of flash flooding occurring.
April 2012HailNew Hope-Penny sized hail was reported.
June 2011HailNew Hope-Tennis ball size hail was reported.
June 2011HailNew Hope-Quarter size hail was reported.
June 2011HailNew Hope-Golf ball size hail was reported.
June 2010HailNew Hope-Quarter sized hail was reported.
October 2010HailNew Hope-Ping Pong sized hail was reported.
January 2009FloodNew Hope-Heavy rainfall across portions of southeastern Madison County produced flooding. Emergency management officials no less than 6 inches of flood water across: Mayo Road south of Johnson Road, Sam Maples Road at the intersection of Old Highway 431, Oak Grove Road, and Scott Branch Road. These roads were deemed impassable and were closed.
April 2009HailNew Hope-Golf ball size hail fell and covered the ground.
April 2006HailNew Hope-Nickel size hail was reported.
March 2005HailNew Hope-Penny size hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Oak Grove2.8 miles22
Nebo3.3 miles23
Johnson3.4 miles22
Lowe (historical)3.6 miles22
Poplar Ridge3.8 miles23
Elon4.0 miles22
Owens Cross Roads4.9 miles22
Cedar Point5.2 miles23

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 New HopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79900The 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 155171. 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.