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New Hope, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. The Survey maps it on the Woodlawn quadrangle.

New Hope within Lincoln 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 509 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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 burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3

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
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-LINCOLN-002
9 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use19 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2006Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold. 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
Bohler (Mathis)GoldPast ProducerVein
Colley MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Colley MineManganesePast Producer1918
Samuels Place (Rhodes Taturn?)GoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Tornado (F2)New Hope$350,000An F2 tornado destroyed 7 homes and did major and minor damage to about a dozen others at Indian Cove.
May 1998Tornado (F1)New Hope$50,000An F1 tornado did major damage and minor damage to several homes and mobile homes.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$6,000Dispatch reported power lines down on Augusta Hwy. Emergency also reported a few trees down in the same area and a utility shed had its roof taken off.
July 2020Flash FloodNew Hope$5,000Lincoln Co dispatch reported flooding on Augusta Hwy (State Road 47) near State Road 220. Exact location and times estimated.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-A tree was downed at Augusta Hwy and Ashmore Barden Rd. Time estimated.
July 2018HailNew Hope-Dime to nickel size hail reported along Augusta Hwy southeast of Lincolnton.
March 2008HailNew Hope-Sheriff reported nickel size hail in the New Hope area.
May 2003Tornado (F0)New Hope-Sheriff reported intermittent touch down of tornado between New Hope and Kenna.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-Sheriff reported powerlines down across southern Lincoln county.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-Post Office reports large branches down in town.
September 1997HailNew Hope-Highway Dept. reports 3/4 inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Martins Crossroads1.9 miles16
Agnes (historical)2.0 miles19
White Rock (historical)2.6 miles16
Double Branches3.1 miles16
Leathersville3.4 miles19
Maxim4.1 miles16
Salem (historical)4.1 miles19
Woodlawn4.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332488. 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.