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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1921 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Hopeulikit quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 181 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BULLOCH009 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BULLOCH-004 |
| 5 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopeulikit | $10,000 | A 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopeulikit | $3,000 | The Public reported a 50 foot tall tree was knocked down causing minor damage to a backyard deck, 2 miles south of Middleground, Georgia. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail along Williams Road near the intersection with P.B. Brannen Road. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | The public shared a video of nickel to quarter size hail near the intersection of Atkins Smith Road and Isaac Akins Road. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | The public reported nickel to quarter size hail near the intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 25 in Hopeulikit, Georgia. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | The public shared a video of nickel to quarter size hail near Colfax Station Road. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | The public reported quarter sized hail near the Highway 80 and Highway 25 split. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | The public reported nickel to quarter sized hail on Akins Pond Road. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopeulikit | - | The public reported a tree down on the side of the road near the Highway 80 and Highway 25 split. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | The public reported quarter size hail along Highway 80 outside Statesboro. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | The public reported nickel size hail along highway 80 near Akins Pond Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopeulikit | - | A trained spotter reported multiple trees down and a metal shed damaged at the intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 25 near Hopeulikit. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | The public reported hail up to the size of quarters that last for 7 minutes. |
| November 2011 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | A Trained Spotter reported 1 inch hail lasting 3 minutes in Hopeulikit. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | Nickel to quarter size hail fell for around 10 minutes and covered the ground. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopeulikit | - | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down across Lake View Road. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopeulikit | - | Large limbs and power lines down. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Hopeulikit | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax (historical) | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Akins Mill | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bland (historical) | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Westchester | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Deerfield | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Georgian Walk | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Portal | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Foxlake | 4.5 miles | 17 |
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 Hopeulikit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5899990 | 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 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.









