BlockNew Hope, South Carolina
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Coward census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29530. It stands on Polecat Branch. The Survey maps it on the Effingham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1940 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Florence West quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
481 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 481 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,096 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 170 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 170 |
| Debris and open burning | 129 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 124 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flood | New Hope | $10,000,000 | Around 15 inches of rain fell over the course of a few days, sending the Lynches River out of its banks and it continued rising to a major flood. The river crested at 19.73 feet, the highest level since 1945, and the third highest ever. Over two hundred homes were inundated, with evacuations necessary. The town of Johnsonville also saw its share of flooding along the Lynches River. |
| October 2016 | Flash Flood | New Hope | $700,000 | Portions of Friendfield Road were flooded. Several adjacent roadways and numerous structures were impacted by the flood waters. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | New Hope | $60,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Lebanon Road and Friendfield Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2012 | Flood | New Hope | - | A 50 foot section of Friendfield Road was underwater. A home in the same area was surrounded by a flooded yard. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effingham | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Coward | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Elim | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lynches Mill | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Johnson Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Danwood | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Salem | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Friendfield | 4.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249814. 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.
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.