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Hope, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Hope town. It lies in ZIP code area 12134. It lies near Jacksons Seat. The Survey maps it on the Hope Falls quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Hope within Hamilton County

Then and now

1910 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hope, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Hope, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2001Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
11 August 1997Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 July 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hope: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Paint MineIronProspect

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hope in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2022FloodHope$50,000An ice jam blocking the Sacandaga River broke, causing an increase in water downstream and flooded multiple homes along River Road in the Town of Hope. Four individuals and one dog were rescued by New York State Forest Rangers.
December 2023FloodHope$10,000The Sacandaga River at Hope rose above flood stage early in the morning on December 18 peaking at moderate flood stage during the midday hours. The river fell below flood stage during the morning hours on December 19. Flooding was observed along NY Route 30 near Hope.
December 1996Flash FloodHope$5,000no account filed
December 1996Flash FloodHope$5,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHope-Trees were reported down near Wells.
October 2019FloodHope-Route 30 began to flood due to the Sacandaga River overflowing its banks. The river reached moderate flood stage at Hope at 2259EST and major flood stage at 2330EST.
March 2011FloodHope-Route 30 was closed at the intersection of Creek Road in the Town of Hope due to flooding caused by an ice jam on the Sacandaga River.
April 2006FloodHope-The Sacandaga River, at Hope, crested at 7.71 feet on April 23, 2006 at 5:25 PM EST. Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
November 2006FloodHope-The Sacandaga River at Hope exceeded its flood stage of 7.0 feet at 12:58 AM EST on November 17th, cresting at 7.79 feet at 3:45 AM EST on the 17th, before falling back below flood stage at 10:30 AM EST on the 17th.
October 2006FloodHope-On October 28, minor flooding occurred on at Hope on the Sacandaga River. The river crested at 7.25 feet at 5:15 PM EST. Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
October 2006FloodHope-The Sacandaga River at Hope crested at its 7.0-foot flood stage at 615 PM EST on October 20 before receding.

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Pumpkin Hollow3.4 miles26
Benson4.0 miles26
Maple Grove5.8 miles23
Upper Benson6.2 miles22
Blackbridge6.3 miles26
Wells6.8 miles26
Gilmantown10.0 miles26
Griffin11.7 miles23

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 HopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48742345The 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 972625. 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.