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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Webb quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 123 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GILMER-001 |
| 17 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WOLFPEN |
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GILMER-002 |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Whitaker Property | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Cartecay Iron Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ellijay Mining Company Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Haley Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| T.W.Craigo Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed, Ellijay Area | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed, Ellijay Area-A | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| W.H.Eller Property | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
11 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $10,000 | The 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $8,000 | The 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $5,000 | The Gilmer County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down in the Robert's Ridge area northwest of Ellijay. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | New Hope | $3,000 | The 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 2014 | Flash Flood | New Hope | $2,000 | The 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down blocking one lane on Tails Creek Rd near the intersection with Pleasant Grove Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down blocking the road on Pleasant Grove Rd near Charlie Waters Rd. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (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 2021 | Flash Flood | New 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 2020 | Hail | New Hope | - | A trained spotter reported hail around the size of quarters along BMW Drive north of Ellijay. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | - | Gilmer county Emergency Manager reported multiple trees down along GA Highway 282. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellijay | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Roosevelt | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ratcliff (historical) | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Flat Branch | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Mountaintown | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| East Ellijay | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Elders | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Northcutt | 4.2 miles | 17 |
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.










