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Newhope, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71959. The Survey maps it on the Newhope quadrangle. 169 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

Newhope within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

118 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Newhope between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,769 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 76 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/incendiarism76
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
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
7 September 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning103 acresArkansas Forestry Commission147
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism570 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBUD SHAW
5 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Newhope: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc. 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
Henry Lode PropertyLead, ZincOccurrence
Cogburn DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Sulfer Mountain DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Shale PitClayUnknown
Unknown Shale PitClayUnknown
Unknown Shale PitClayUnknown
Unknown Shale PitClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newhope in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2003: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Flash FloodNewhope-Heavy rains caused some flooding to occur along U.S. Highway 70 at Newhope.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindNewhope-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees.
March 1999Tornado (F2)Newhope-A strong tornado was spawned south of a dissipating tornado in western Pike County. The former tornado tracked mostly through rural areas and caused little in the way of property damage. However, tree damage was extensive...especially just to the southeast of Newhope. The tornado tracked about 10 miles before dissipating.
March 1999Tornado (F2)Newhope-A strong tornado moved out of Howard County (Shreveport County Warning Area) into western Pike County. The tornado was weakening, but still heavily damaged a trailer and knocked down a few trees. The tornado tracked only half a mile into Pike County before dissipating.
February 2001HailNewhope-no account filed
May 2001HailNewhope-no account filed
May 1996HailNewhope-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Grandfield1.9 miles12
Star of the West (historical)3.0 miles11
Henry5.3 miles16
Langley6.0 miles15
Daisy7.3 miles14
Crawford (historical)8.4 miles11
Cooper (historical)8.5 miles17
Nathan9.3 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on NewhopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14681319The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77844. 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.