BlockHopewell, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Geraldine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35951. It stands on Pine Branch. The Survey maps it on the Painter quadrangle. It stands 1,165 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Painter quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Painter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Painter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-7 |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140930-002 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-13 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-22 |
| 20 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160917-2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | Several trees were knocked down on CR 23. Time estimated by radar. |
| March 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Hopewell | - | A funnel cloud was reported in the Hopewell area by an amateur radio operator. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Forks | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Whiton | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Chigger Hill | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| South Hill | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Geraldine | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Rogers | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeview | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Hill | 4.2 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5900071 | 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 156496. 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.
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.