BlockMount Hope, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Mount Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35651. It stands on Rock Springs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Landersville quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1936 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Moulton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Mt Hope quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Hope quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Landersville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hope between 1995 and 2016, burning about 1,453 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150709-001 |
| 18 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Hope in 1 storm report in 1995: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mount Hope | - | Amateur radio operator reported a large tree blown over at Mount Hope in western Lawrence 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needmore | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Camp Spring (historical) | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hickory Grove | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Landersville | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Concord | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Rock | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Youngtown | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Muck City | 6.9 miles | 18 |
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 Mount Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6921271 | 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 160152. 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.