New Hope, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Veasey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71655. The Survey maps it on the Wilmar South quadrangle.
On record in New Hope
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Champ Grubbs Houselisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Wilmar South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 2001 and 2020, burning about 2,138 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 1 storm report in 2014: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down, blocking some county roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Neck (historical) | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Green Hill | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Beulah | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Paradise (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ozmont Bluff (historical) | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lone Sasafras (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bowser (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Oakwoods (historical) | 5.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58258. 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.



