BlockNew Hope, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Tubal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71749. It stands on Jordon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wesson SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wesson SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
59 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1998 and 2020, burning about 469 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | New Hope | $175,000 | At least 30 roads are flooded and closed throughout the county. DOTD does not have enough signs to close the roads that are currently flooded across the county. Union County, Arkansas was deemed a Federal Disaster Area because of the flash flooding, river flooding, and storm damage that the county ensued during the month of October. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | New Hope | $100,000 | Many roadways across the county were closed and impassable from excessive heavy rainfall. These include Hwy. 167, Hwy. 7, Hwy. 82, Hwy. 172 and Hwy. 160 around El Dorado as well as State Line Road near Junction City. Numerous cars were stalled out in knee deep water throughout the city of El Dorado as well. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | - | Tree down across Highway 15 near Jolly's Grocery in the Three Creeks community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tubal | 0.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dodge City | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Carnie (historical) | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Three Creeks | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Trull | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Shuler | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wesson | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Scotland | 9.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58256. 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.
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.