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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.

New Hope within Independence County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

133 since 1997

Regional 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/incendiarism50
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Natural9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Batesville DistrictManganese, IronPast Producer1849, 1953
Mcbride MinesMarble, Dimension, FlagstoneProducer
Batesville White Lime QuarryLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Mcbride PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcbride QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Blowing Cave Creek Mn LimestoneManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Clubhouse Manganiferrous CarbonateManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect

Every working recorded in Independence County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Flash FloodNew Hope1 killed, $15,000A 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 2011Flash FloodNew Hope$5,000Flooding occurred on Webber Chapel Rd.
July 2024Heavy RainNew Hope-A measured 6.09 inches of rainfall fell just north of the town of Bethesday in a 24 hour period.
April 2017Heavy RainNew Hope-This was the 24 hour rainfall for the Batesville Livestock Station.
March 2017HailNew Hope-no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-no account filed
March 2017HailNew Hope-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Independence 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
Bethesda1.5 miles18
The Quarry1.6 miles18
Denieville (historical)2.6 miles20
Simmons2.6 miles20
Big Spring Mill2.9 miles20
Limedale3.0 miles20
Limedale Junction3.2 miles20
Pattonville3.3 miles20

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.