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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1943 USGS Kilsock Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
384 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 130 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 109 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Georgetown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kennedy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | New Hope | $100,000 | The 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 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | New Hope | $75,000 | A 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 2011 | Hail | New Hope | $15,000 | Hail to the size of softballs was reported along Saints Delight Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampit | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lodge Hall | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cumberland | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Oak Grove | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Foster Corner | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Gully | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Olin | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Moyd | 5.4 miles | 10 |
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.




