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New Hope, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rush Island Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72450. It stands on Rooker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dixie quadrangle.

New Hope within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1999 and 2018, burning about 123 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
24 July 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 February 2015Misuse of fire by a minor50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 November 1999Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 October 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 January 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCRA731215
26 January 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 7 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Cline PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edd RidgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Express Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Greene CountySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jf BowlinSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kelley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Bethel2.3 miles10
Green High2.6 miles15
Rock Hill3.0 miles15
Tunis3.4 miles10
Miller3.5 miles10
Paragould4.4 miles15
Twin Oaks4.7 miles15
Coffman5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 52656. 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.