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New Hope, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Blountstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32424. It stands on Hughes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Estiffanulga quadrangle.

New Hope within Calhoun County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Hope, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of New Hope, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

89 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1993 and 2020, burning about 673 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2

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
9 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceS A BRYANT RD (07)
11 September 1999Smokingunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaDITCH
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWRENNIE MOODY (07)
28 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service07/BAILEY ROAD2007-02-0931
28 August 1998Debris and open burning7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaEARLY
5 July 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaESTIFFANUGLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast Producer
White Construction Company, Inc. - Glenn Warren MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Sharpstown1.9 miles15
Ocheeseulga (historical)2.9 miles15
Abe Springs4.4 miles14
Marysville4.7 miles15
Gaskins4.9 miles14
McNeal (historical)5.1 miles15
Scotts Ferry5.6 miles14
Durham (historical)5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306106. 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.