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New Hope, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sampit-North Santee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29440. It stands on Britt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kilsock Island quadrangle.

New Hope within Georgetown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

384 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,294 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 111 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 burning130
Arson/incendiarism111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined109
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Georgetown 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: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 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
Georgetown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Georgetown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Georgetown County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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
April 2020Tornado (EF1)New Hope$100,000The tornado formed near Sampit, SC just south of Saints-Delight Rd. It crossed |Powell Rd near Anna Dr. causing damage to power lines and trees. The tornado |moved across a swampy area just south of Sampit then crossed Hwy 17 alt/Hwy 521|causing damage to an auto repair shop, a small double-wide office and two rail |road gates. The tornado then moved across the Sollie Road area causing damage to |trees and a few mobile homes. It finally lifted after crossing a field between|Sollie Circle and Goings St.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)New Hope$75,000A tornado formed southwest of Pennyroyal Rd just south of Rowan Dr. The tornado|crossed Pennyroyal Rd and caused significant tree damage on both sides. Power|lines were also downed at this location. The tornado moved across the swampy areas|near the Sampit River as if lifted toward the northeast. Eventually it moved|across Hwy 17 Alt/Hwy 521 near Keever St. with tree damage on both sides of the|highway. The tornado caused damage near Garrison Rd where numerous trees were|snapped and uprooted. A home suffered some damage at this location with a |destroyed carport and a couple damaged cars. A mobile home was damaged near Gapway Rd along with damaged power lines. It lifted toward the east-northeast and impacted a small section along Brick Chimney Rd before moving into Pawley Swamp. The tornado finally lifted near Brown's Ferry Road and Dana Lane where it downed large limbs and some trees.
May 2011HailNew Hope$15,000Hail to the size of softballs was reported along Saints Delight Road.

Every storm recorded in Georgetown 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
Sampit1.1 miles8
Lodge Hall1.2 miles8
Cumberland2.1 miles8
Oak Grove2.5 miles9
Foster Corner3.2 miles8
Spring Gully4.1 miles9
Olin5.1 miles9
Moyd5.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1224978. 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.