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Hopewell, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Madison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32340. The Survey maps it on the Madison quadrangle.

Hopewell within Madison County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hopewell, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Hopewell, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use42
Debris and open burning22
Natural17
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes3
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILE MARKER 255 (40)
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILE MARKER 251 #2 (40)
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROWELL FIRE-05-0295
10 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service40 - HOT DOG - #0212
24 August 2000Natural120 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service235.5 FIRE

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash 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 2024FloodHopewell$5,000,000Long duration areal flooding occurred across southeast Madison county due to heavy rainfall of around 12 inches from Hurricane Debby. The Ragans Family Campground was flooded and forced to close, which resulted in a few hundred campers being evacuated. Other homes and rural roads were inundated in the area. The flooding was slow to recede in some areas and lasted all the way through August 26th.
September 1998Tornado (F0)Hopewell$25,000A convenient store received minor damage and several trees were uprooted when a F0 tornado briefly touched down at the intersection of FL 360 and Interstate 10.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHopewell$10,000At least a dozen trees were blown down around the south-central part of the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHopewell$5,000Numerous trees were blown down on Highway 14. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHopewell$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2021Thunderstorm WindHopewell$2,000Three power outages occurred due to tree debris on power lines.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindHopewell$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage to 704 customers along SW State Route 14 via the Duke Energy outage map.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHopewell$1,000A couple of trees were blown down around Old St. Augustine Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindHopewell$250Several trees were blown down.
August 2022Flash FloodHopewell-Water was reported over the roadway near the intersection of County Road 14 and County Road 360. A ham radio operator reported 3.54 inches of rain in a short period of time.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHopewell-A tree was blown down on I-10 westbound at Mile Marker 253.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Power lines were blown down at the intersection of Highways 14 and 360 just south of the state prison, causing a brush fire.
June 2020Flash FloodHopewell-Six to eight inches of water was across County Road 14, and this contributed to an accident.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHopewell-A few trees were blown down in southern Madison county.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHopewell-A tree was blown down on I-10 westbound near mile maker 247.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHopewell-A tree blew down close to the outside eastbound lane of I-10.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Trees were blown down onto I-10 near mile marker 250 and blocking both westbound lanes.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHopewell-A tree was blown down across the road on Sampala Lake Road.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Roof damage occurred to a house to the south of I-10.
June 2012Heavy RainHopewell-A storm total rainfall of 12.76 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby.
December 2011Heavy RainHopewell-A storm total rainfall of 3.06 inches was measured by the Suwannee River Water Management District rain gauge located at Hopewell Tower along Tower Road.
April 2009FloodHopewell-Ten inches of water covered State Road 14 southwest of Hopewell in southern Madison County.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindHopewell-A few trees were blown down just south of Hopewell.

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
Madison6.2 miles8
Lee8.1 miles9
Ebb11.2 miles10
Sirmans11.5 miles10
Greenville11.5 miles9
Stern12.0 miles9
Reams12.1 miles9
Hanson12.4 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q5900154The 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 304910. 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.

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.