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.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Madison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional 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 use | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILE MARKER 255 (40) |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILE MARKER 251 #2 (40) |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROWELL FIRE-05-0295 |
| 10 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 40 - HOT DOG - #0212 |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 120 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 235.5 FIRE |
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flood | Hopewell | $5,000,000 | Long 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 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Hopewell | $25,000 | A 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $10,000 | At 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down on Highway 14. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| February 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $2,000 | Three power outages occurred due to tree debris on power lines. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $2,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage to 704 customers along SW State Route 14 via the Duke Energy outage map. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $1,000 | A couple of trees were blown down around Old St. Augustine Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $250 | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Hopewell | - | 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | A tree was blown down on I-10 westbound at Mile Marker 253. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | Power lines were blown down at the intersection of Highways 14 and 360 just south of the state prison, causing a brush fire. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Hopewell | - | Six to eight inches of water was across County Road 14, and this contributed to an accident. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | A few trees were blown down in southern Madison county. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | A tree was blown down on I-10 westbound near mile maker 247. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | A tree blew down close to the outside eastbound lane of I-10. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | Trees were blown down onto I-10 near mile marker 250 and blocking both westbound lanes. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | A tree was blown down across the road on Sampala Lake Road. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | Roof damage occurred to a house to the south of I-10. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Hopewell | - | A storm total rainfall of 12.76 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby. |
| December 2011 | Heavy Rain | Hopewell | - | 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 2009 | Flood | Hopewell | - | Ten inches of water covered State Road 14 southwest of Hopewell in southern Madison County. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | A few trees were blown down just south of Hopewell. |
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.
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 Q5900154 | 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 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.




