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Hopewell, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beauregard-Marvyn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36804. The Survey maps it on the Parkers Crossroads quadrangle.

Hopewell within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

88 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 918 acres in total. 1 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 burning40
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
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
27 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-14
26 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160926-1
24 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use50 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-21
16 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hopewell: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ballinger ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Kiln-Gilmore Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Several trees uprooted on Lee Road 136.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on Lee Road 136.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Several trees were blown down and some were blocking the roadway. This damage occurred between CR 166 and CR 169 just east of Beauregard.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Griffen Mill1.9 miles13
Meadows Mill2.5 miles13
Meadows Crossroads2.6 miles13
Parkers Crossroads3.4 miles13
Beauregard3.8 miles13
Whatley Cross Road4.3 miles9
Prince Crossroads4.3 miles14
Spring Villa4.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156493. 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.