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Hopewell, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72137. The Survey maps it on the Heber Springs quadrangle.

Hopewell within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

73 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1997 and 2020, burning about 711 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne 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: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Stone QuariesStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 4 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2003Tornado (F2)Hopewell1 hurtA strong tornado moved out of Faulkner County and into Cleburne County about 2.5 miles southwest of Hopewell. The tornado destroyed a couple of barns and outbuildings. Several houses and mobile homes were also damaged. The tornado also destroyed a mobile home. The mobile home was thrown against an old milking barn, which was also destroyed. A travel trailer was overturned and the person inside suffered minor injuries. An old chicken house was also destroyed and a mobile home was damaged due to flying debris. There were dozens of trees knocked down. The tornado dissipated about 3.8 miles northeast of Hopewell.
September 2020Tornado (EF2)Hopewell$50,000This tornado formed near Candlestick Road east of Hwy 5, damaging several trees and an outbuilding. The tornado continued northeast damaging more trees and outbuildings along Blakey Circle and Blakey Road. The tornado then continued northeast crossing the Little Red River along Wildflower Road, snapping many healthy trees. This is where the strongest winds were noted. The tornado lifted shortly after this location.
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Hopewell-A weak tornado formed in a field on the west side of Carter Lane|in Rose Bud. Several snapped trees were visible in the tree-line|in the distance. The tornado then crossed Carter Lane into a|field and across several more tree-lines. Multiple breaks in tree|lines were observed before the widest point of damage occurred.|Multiple trees were uprooted or snapped in a field along an|approximately 100 yard stretch. The tornado then began to weaken|as it pushed further southeast approaching County Line Road. As|it crossed County Line Road, it broke large branches off a few|trees before lifting further into the woods in White County. This|tornado was rated and EF-1 with 100 mph winds with a peak width of|approximately 100 yards.
June 2013Funnel CloudHopewell-A funnel cloud was photographed west of Hopewell.
September 2005Tornado (F0)Hopewell-A weak tornado was spawned in southwest Cleburne County. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 70 mph. The tornado snapped large limbs off of several trees and blew over an old barn.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindHopewell-no account filed
April 1998HailHopewell-no account filed
July 1998HailHopewell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne 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
Pearson4.4 miles11
Driftwood Shores4.9 miles11
South Shore Park5.4 miles11
Heber Springs6.7 miles11
Libby (historical)7.3 miles10
Quitman8.0 miles11
Miller (historical)8.1 miles16
Snell8.4 miles10

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 Q5900052The 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 57941. 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.