New Hope, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. The Survey maps it on the Bethesda 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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Dry Run Bridgelisted 2022 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Bethesda quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Bethesda quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Bethesda quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
133 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,986 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2012 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 26 past producers, 8 unknowns, 5 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville District | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1953 | |
| Mcbride Mines | Marble, Dimension, Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Batesville White Lime Quarry | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Mcbride Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mcbride Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Blowing Cave Creek Mn Limestone | Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Clubhouse Manganiferrous Carbonate | Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | New Hope | 1 killed, $15,000 | A pickup truck was swept off Webber Chapel Road into an unnamed creek. The driver was killed after being swept downstream. A passenger in the vehicle saved himself by clinging to a tree. |
| February 2011 | Flash Flood | New Hope | $5,000 | Flooding occurred on Webber Chapel Rd. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | New Hope | - | A measured 6.09 inches of rainfall fell just north of the town of Bethesday in a 24 hour period. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | New Hope | - | This was the 24 hour rainfall for the Batesville Livestock Station. |
| March 2017 | Hail | New Hope | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | New Hope | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethesda | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| The Quarry | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Denieville (historical) | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Simmons | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Big Spring Mill | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Limedale | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Limedale Junction | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Pattonville | 3.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68031. 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.







