BlockHopkins, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Manor census division. The Survey maps it on the Cravens Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cravens Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cravens Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Hopkins between 1992 and 2016, burning about 685 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 26 acres | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | HICKORY HAMMOCK |
| 27 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WARE-012 |
| 2 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-CHARLTON-010 |
| 19 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | EO-3 |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | GA-12 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopkins in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2022 | Heavy Rain | Hopkins | - | Mesonet station JONG1 OKE-WEST measured 3.52 inches of rain within a 6 hour period. |
| December 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Hopkins | - | NWS JAX Science and Operations officer identified weak tornado based on radar imagery including debris ball signature over the Okenfenokee Swamp. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Hopkins | - | Large hail was reported near the Jack Island section of Stephen Foster State Park. additionally a tree was also blown down across the park office entrance road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkins | - | Large trees and power lines were blown down in western Stephen Foster State Park. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332025. 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.