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New Hope, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Niles town. It lies in ZIP code area 13118. The Survey maps it on the Spafford quadrangle.

New Hope within Cayuga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Hope, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Hope, surveyed 1899

On record in New Hope

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

42 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 2002 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
O'Toole PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Niles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Niles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 1996HailNew Hope$10,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$10,000no account filed
May 2025Flash FloodNew Hope$5,000State Highway 41A was reported washed out by flood waters.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree.
June 2015HailNew Hope$4,000A severe thunderstorm developed over the area and produced half dollar sized hail.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
April 2006HailNew Hope-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cayuga 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
Partello Corners1.0 miles26
Kelloggsville1.2 miles26
Globe Hotel Corners1.9 miles28
Glen Haven4.3 miles26
Niles4.4 miles28
Omro4.6 miles28
Morse Mill4.9 miles22
Wilson Corners5.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958421. 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.