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New Hope, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Holmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32464. The Survey maps it on the Hobbs Crossroads quadrangle.

New Hope within Holmes County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 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 1988
Topographic sheet of New Hope, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 burning26
Equipment and vehicle use19
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAKER POND II (30)
5 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/ HWY 179A-0507
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/TEXAS LANE-0571
24 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service30/SOWELL LOOP-0559
21 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRUM RD (30)
20 September 2010Other causes1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/HWY 179A WEST -0545
26 August 2000Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Revelle Sand Co. - Carryville PlantSandProducer
Unnamed Clay DepositsClayProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
December 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$125,000Straight-line winds damaged seven businesses and destroyed one. Two mobile homes were overturned. Reported by the Holmes County EMA.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$10,000There was structural damage to a barn on Vaughn Dead River Lane.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$4,000The Holmes county 911 call center reported multiple power lines blown down on Highway 2 to the east of Highway 81. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$2,000A tree was blown down onto a shed.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$2,000Three trees and one power line were blown down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-A tree was blown down.
April 2021Flash FloodNew Hope-Carlis Lane and Gilmore Road were underwater near Highway 2.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-Multiple large trees were blown down.
February 2009HailNew Hope-Golf ball sized hail was observed near New Hope.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Barker Store3.0 miles16
Pittman3.2 miles15
Izagora3.3 miles15
Hobbs Crossroads4.8 miles16
Baker Settlement5.7 miles14
Smith Crossroads6.2 miles15
Royals Crossroads6.6 miles16
Hudson6.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295486. 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.