Hope, Wisconsin
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Cottage Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 53527. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1890 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Sun Prairie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Hope between 2013 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 256 |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1824118 |
| 28 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 239 |
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | STATE ROAD 73 DITCH |
| 3 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1919678 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1818632 |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 203 |
| 19 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2019367 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hope: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kampmeier Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kreuger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Milwaukee Street Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Williams Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hope in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flood | Hope | $2,000 | Some street flooding in the Madison area including the two right lanes of southbound |I-39/90 closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilas | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Cottage Grove | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Door Creek | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Taylors Corners | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| McFarland | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Lake Waubesa | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Seminary Springs | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Monona | 4.7 miles | 23 |
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 Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5899002 | The 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 1566678. 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.








