Hopewell, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72443. It stands on Fox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mounds quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Marmaduke quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Mounds quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1997 and 2017, burning about 131 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hopewell: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Bucy | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| I Golden | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| I Stahl | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Melvin Copeland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smoots Sand & Gravel Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stahl Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stahl Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stahl Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tri-County Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Jay | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Marmaduke | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fritz | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mitchell Mill | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mounds | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| White Oak | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Paris (historical) | 7.0 miles | 15 |
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 Q5900098 | 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 50302. 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.







