BlockBefore

New Hope, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ellijay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30540. The Survey maps it on the Webb quadrangle.

New Hope within Gilmer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 31 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 burning123
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-GILMER-001
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWOLFPEN
17 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-GILMER-002
16 August 2007Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Holt PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Whitaker PropertyMarble, DimensionProspect
Cartecay Iron PropertyIronPast Producer
Ellijay Mining Company PropertyIronPast Producer
Haley PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
T.W.Craigo PropertyIronPast Producer
Unnamed, Ellijay AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Unnamed, Ellijay Area-AIronPast ProducerResidual
W.H.Eller PropertyIronProspect

Every working recorded in Gilmer County

Storms near this place

11 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 11 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$10,000The Gilmer County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down in the Ellijay area, including along Lee Pritchett Road and along Highway 52 at Roberts Ridge Road, Hancock Drive and the Highway 76 Bypass.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$8,000The Gilmer County Emergency Manager and the Gilmer County 911 center reported several trees blown down from around Highway 282 and Old Tails Creek Road to around Highway 52 and Lower Cartecay Road.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$5,000The Gilmer County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down in the Robert's Ridge area northwest of Ellijay.
June 2014Flash FloodNew Hope$3,000The Gilmer County Deputy Emergency Manager reported that heavy rain from a nearly stationary thunderstorm produced isolated flash flooding on the northwest side of Ellijay. Cox Creek running parallel to Georgia Highway 52 overflowed its banks and surrounded four homes. The flood waters did not enter the homes in this low lying and flood prone area.
October 2014Flash FloodNew Hope$2,000The Gilmer County Deputy Emergency Manager reported a low lying area of Cox Creek around 1 mile northwest of Ellijay was flooding and beginning to surround two homes near the intersection of Chatsworth Highway and Tower Road. Minor flooding of the yards and driveways occurred, but no water entered the homes.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down blocking one lane on Tails Creek Rd near the intersection with Pleasant Grove Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down blocking the road on Pleasant Grove Rd near Charlie Waters Rd.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)New Hope-A northern circulation embedded within a relatively fast-moving|Quasi-linear Convective System (QLCS) spawned yet another short-|lived tornado across Gilmer County just before midnight on May|8th. This tornado touched down over the property of Little Brook|Farm #1 between two sets of chicken houses, with numerous trees|either snapped or uprooted. No notable structural damage was seen|around the chicken houses. Additional tree damage, some down on|homes, occurred as the tornado crossed Weeks Road and Carson Cove|Road. No further damage was seen beyond Wd Court. The damage was|indicative of high-end EF-0 (max winds 85 mph).
March 2021Flash FloodNew Hope-The Emergency Manager reported flooding near the intersection of Chatsworth Highway and Sanford Lane, closing the roadway. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flooding.
July 2020HailNew Hope-A trained spotter reported hail around the size of quarters along BMW Drive north of Ellijay.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-Gilmer county Emergency Manager reported multiple trees down along GA Highway 282.

Every storm recorded in Gilmer 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
Ellijay2.7 miles17
Roosevelt2.8 miles19
Ratcliff (historical)3.0 miles19
Flat Branch3.0 miles23
Mountaintown3.3 miles23
East Ellijay3.6 miles17
Elders4.0 miles19
Northcutt4.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332490. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.