BlockLittle Hope, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Steam Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39845. The Survey maps it on the Donalsonville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Donalsonville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
456 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of Little Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,039 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 25 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 | 312 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Hope in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Hope | $25,000 | A tree fell on a structure in the Little Hope community. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Hope | $15,000 | Roof damage occurred to a house on Harrell Moye Road. Damage was estimated. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Hope | $2,000 | Two trees were blown down on Woodrow Jernigan Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Little Hope | - | Minor flooding was reported along Highway 91 S at Hebrew Road. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Hope | - | A tree was blown down around Little Hope. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town and Country Estates | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Donalsonville | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Riverturn | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lela | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Lake Estates | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Sharphagen | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Steam Mill | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Iron City | 5.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332235. 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.