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Good Hope, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Goshen-Shady Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36079. It stands on Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Youngblood quadrangle.

Good Hope within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Good Hope between 1994 and 2019, burning about 532 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning15
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2000Natural2.4 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 May 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150508-001
4 May 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionUS HWY 29, AL
17 May 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Good Hope: 13 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Pik 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Pik 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
J Bryce Smith ProspectIronProspect
Milton McKeller ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Youngblood2.0 miles8
River Ridge2.3 miles8
Elam-Rodgers3.2 miles8
Lees Park3.4 miles8
Heritage Ridge3.9 miles8
Forest Circle4.1 miles8
Shellhorn4.1 miles8
Allred4.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139861. 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.