BlockHope, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Crawford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65061. It stands on Hope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fredericksburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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 Chamois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1935 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 March 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 February 1992 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 February 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200548-03734-02192020-1220 |
| 12 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230936-07607-10172020-1435 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Hope: 59 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Fe | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Panck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| A.P.Green Pits # 1 & 2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| A.P.Green Pits # 3 & 4 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Arthur David Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Barker Pit Et.Al. | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Lambs Prospects | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740938. 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.