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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Youngblood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150508-001 |
| 4 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | US HWY 29, AL |
| 17 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pik 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Pik 4 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| J Bryce Smith Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Milton McKeller Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngblood | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| River Ridge | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Elam-Rodgers | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lees Park | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Heritage Ridge | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Forest Circle | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Shellhorn | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Allred | 4.3 miles | 8 |
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.



