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New Hope, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35622. It lies near Hale Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Eva quadrangle.

New Hope within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

105 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1996 and 2019, burning about 590 acres in total. 2 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140924-002
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 New Hope: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Falkville QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lacon Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Wilhites1.6 miles20
Lacon2.5 miles20
Bell Springs2.8 miles20
Cole Spring3.1 miles17
Union Hill3.5 miles17
Falkville4.4 miles20
Eva5.6 miles17
Leesdale5.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1729880. 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.