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Hope, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Parker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85348. The Survey maps it on the Hope quadrangle. It stands 1,526 feet above sea level.

Hope within La Paz County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hope between 2003 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1

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
12 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeGLORY HOLE
4 June 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeBEYOND HOPE
26 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeVICKSBURG 2
12 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central DistrictHOPE
8 May 2017Naturalunder an acreColorado River DistrictVICKSBURG
27 May 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresColorado River DistrictSALOME
23 May 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeVICKSBURG
31 December 2019Naturalunder an acreQuartzsite Fire DistrictNOT NAMED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Paz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Hope: 8 past producers, 8 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, Pumice. 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
Black Cat and Minnezona MinesGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPlant
Calcite MineSulfur-PyriteProspect
Cupa De OroLead, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Desert MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, IronPast ProducerVein
Desert MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Gold Dyke MineTungsten, Gold, Silver, ManganesePast Producer
Hope PumiceIron, Thorium, Titanium, UraniumProspect
True Blue Mine GroupGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Big Dyke Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Black CatGold, Silver, LeadProspect

Every working recorded in La Paz 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
Vicksburg3.0 miles16
Vicksburg Junction3.5 miles16
Harcuvar3.6 miles17
Bush Pit4.1 miles16
Salome6.1 miles17
Desert Wells6.4 miles16
New Hope7.3 miles16
McVay9.1 miles16

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 HopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709384The 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 24462. 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.