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Hopewell, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It lies near Bog Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bergman quadrangle.

Hopewell within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

42 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1997 and 2019, burning about 838 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
7 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2012Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 April 2004Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 2003Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 March 2003Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 March 2016Arson/incendiarism90 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 March 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hopewell: 6 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Manganese, Lead. 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
Alfred E. Granger PropertyManganeseOccurrence
Jackson MineLeadPast Producer
Bailey OutcropsZincOccurrenceSmithsonite
Carrollton Lode ClaimZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Hook Farm ProspectZincOccurrence
Idlewilde ClaimZincOccurrence
New Era ClaimZincOccurrenceSmithsonite

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 2 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHopewell-A small metal shed was damaged near Hopewell.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Trees were blown down onto power lines on Dubuque Rd.

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Wooden Hills1.7 miles13
Myrtle1.9 miles13
Oregon (historical)4.4 miles13
Self4.4 miles13
Bergman4.7 miles13
Bear Creek Springs5.5 miles12
Francis5.6 miles12
Prosperity5.8 miles12

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 Q5900020The 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 57942. 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.