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.
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
Butlers' Storelisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresNew 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,810 | |
| 2020 | 2,889 | +79 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS New Hope quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS New Hope quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS New Hope quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160926-11 |
| 18 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Smoking | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 431 S, AL |
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| New Hope Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $1,000,000 | A large tree was blown down on a mobile home. Power lines were also blown down. |
| November 2001 | Tornado (F2) | New Hope | $500,000 | The 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $382,000 | One home and five mobile homes were destroyed and 65 others structures sustained major or minor damage in the New Hope area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $20,000 | A tree was blown down onto a home on Cedar Point Road by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $8,000 | A roof was blown off a barn and several trees were knocked down in the New Hope area. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $6,000 | Trees and power lines down on Lemley Circle in New Hope. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds resulted in a roof being peeled back from a mobile home along Scott Branch Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $3,000 | Power 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down on a house. Time estimated from radar. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $1,000 | A few trees were knocked down in New Hope. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $500 | A tree was knocked down on power lines on Madison Avenue. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $500 | A tree was knocked down near Main Drive and Johnson Avenue. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $500 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds at New Hope. |
| March 2021 | Hail | New Hope | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| March 2021 | Hail | New Hope | - | Hail of 1.5 inch in diameter was reported. |
| April 2015 | Hail | New Hope | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | New Hope | - | A portion of Mayo Road was washed out due to at least 12 inches of flash flooding occurring. |
| April 2012 | Hail | New Hope | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| June 2011 | Hail | New Hope | - | Tennis ball size hail was reported. |
| June 2011 | Hail | New Hope | - | Quarter size hail was reported. |
| June 2011 | Hail | New Hope | - | Golf ball size hail was reported. |
| June 2010 | Hail | New Hope | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| October 2010 | Hail | New Hope | - | Ping Pong sized hail was reported. |
| January 2009 | Flood | New 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 2009 | Hail | New Hope | - | Golf ball size hail fell and covered the ground. |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Hope | - | Nickel size hail was reported. |
| March 2005 | Hail | New Hope | - | Penny size hail reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Nebo | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Johnson | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Lowe (historical) | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Poplar Ridge | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Elon | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Owens Cross Roads | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Point | 5.2 miles | 23 |
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 Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79900 | 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 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.









