BlockNew Hope, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Blakely census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39823. The Survey maps it on the Hentown 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
- 1973 USGS Hentown quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
244 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,055 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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 | 139 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hentown | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cuba | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Centerville | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lucile | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Old Damascus | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Damascus | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| McLendon (historical) | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Crossroads | 6.5 miles | 8 |
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 New Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65087327 | 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 344925. 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.