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Hopeulikit, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Statesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30458. The Survey maps it on the Hopeulikit quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Hopeulikit within Bulloch County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Hopeulikit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 845 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 13 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 burning181
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2

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 2008Debris and open burning3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BULLOCH009
20 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BULLOCH-004
5 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1993Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2006Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bulloch County

Storms near this place

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopeulikit in 18 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 12 hail, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHopeulikit$10,000A trained weather spotter reported numerous large pine trees down along Akens Pond Road from Middleground Road to Sean Vickery Road 2 miles northeast of Hopeulikit, Georgia.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHopeulikit$3,000The Public reported a 50 foot tall tree was knocked down causing minor damage to a backyard deck, 2 miles south of Middleground, Georgia.
April 2022HailHopeulikit-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail along Williams Road near the intersection with P.B. Brannen Road.
April 2022HailHopeulikit-The public shared a video of nickel to quarter size hail near the intersection of Atkins Smith Road and Isaac Akins Road.
April 2022HailHopeulikit-The public reported nickel to quarter size hail near the intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 25 in Hopeulikit, Georgia.
April 2022HailHopeulikit-The public shared a video of nickel to quarter size hail near Colfax Station Road.
September 2019HailHopeulikit-The public reported quarter sized hail near the Highway 80 and Highway 25 split.
September 2019HailHopeulikit-The public reported nickel to quarter sized hail on Akins Pond Road.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindHopeulikit-The public reported a tree down on the side of the road near the Highway 80 and Highway 25 split.
June 2015HailHopeulikit-The public reported quarter size hail along Highway 80 outside Statesboro.
June 2015HailHopeulikit-The public reported nickel size hail along highway 80 near Akins Pond Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHopeulikit-A trained spotter reported multiple trees down and a metal shed damaged at the intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 25 near Hopeulikit.
May 2014HailHopeulikit-The public reported hail up to the size of quarters that last for 7 minutes.
November 2011HailHopeulikit-A Trained Spotter reported 1 inch hail lasting 3 minutes in Hopeulikit.
December 2005HailHopeulikit-Nickel to quarter size hail fell for around 10 minutes and covered the ground.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHopeulikit-Thunderstorm winds blew trees down across Lake View Road.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHopeulikit-Large limbs and power lines down.
March 2003HailHopeulikit-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bulloch 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
Colfax (historical)1.6 miles17
Akins Mill1.9 miles15
Bland (historical)2.2 miles15
Westchester4.3 miles17
Deerfield4.3 miles17
Georgian Walk4.4 miles17
Portal4.5 miles15
Foxlake4.5 miles17

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 HopeulikitAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5899990The 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 332022. 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.