BlockHopewell, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Corbin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40701. It stands on Robinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corbin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1994 and 2019, burning about 530 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | BEGLEY |
| 19 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 3 SISTERS |
| 19 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | LAUREL BRIDGE |
| 28 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SCOTTS ROA |
| 25 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAND HILL |
| 7 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PICNIC |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $5,000 | Winds blew a billboard down onto a trailer and several power lines were also downed. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $300 | A report was received via social media of a window blown out at a residence by thunderstorm winds along American Greeting Card Rd near Corbin. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hopewell | - | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters in the Hopewell community. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | A tree was blown down and onto North Stewart Road near North Corbin. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | Trees were down. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hopewell | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Hopewell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorthae | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Camp Grounds | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| North Corbin | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lily | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Keavy | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| McHargue | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Grove | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Boreing | 5.2 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5900137 | The 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 512778. 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.