Hopewell, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Plant City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33567. The Survey maps it on the Nichols quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1955 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Nichols quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,128 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 29 NICHOLS DUFF |
| 29 June 1998 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2011 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60 WEST (29) |
| 10 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hopewell: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agglite Debris | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Dot Tampa - Sydney Washer Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Hopewell Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Producer | 1985 | |
| Hillsborough Mines | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Imc Agrico - Hopewell | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $2,500 | County fire rescue reported a tree down across power lines near Willow Oak. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Hopewell | - | A CoCoRaHS observer south of Plant City measured 7.78 inches of rain during the 4 day period. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bealsville | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Trapnell | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hopewell Gardens | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Durant | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Beattys Corner | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Keysville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Coronet | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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 Hopewell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5900108 | 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 284253. 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.






