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Hopewell, Missouri

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Breton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63660. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Point quadrangle.

Hopewell within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 20 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 596 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined60
Debris and open burning39
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261411-09432-09092020-1925
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation261410-09432-09092020-2144
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation128791-11043-09242015-1506
4 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Hopewell: 39 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jordans Copper DiggingsCopperPast Producer
Mineral Point GroupLead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerBarite, Galena
Unknown - Iron & ZincZinc, IronPast Producer
Unknown - Lead and ZincZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown-LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Evans MineZincPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown-Fe and ZnIronPast Producer
Washington County Zinc WorksZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHopewell-A 911 call center reported downed power lines at Route 21 and Macon Road south of Potosi.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and tree limbs.
April 2015Flash FloodHopewell-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Route U near intersection with John Smith Road.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHopewell-Several large trees were blown down 5 miles south of Potosi on Highway 21, blocking the highway for a time.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Hopewell-A small tornado hit just north of Hopewell. Damaged was limited to downed and snapped trees.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Summit1.7 miles20
Springtown3.9 miles21
Irondale4.1 miles20
Mineral Point4.1 miles20
French Town4.9 miles20
Potosi5.6 miles21
Adelbert (historical)5.8 miles20
Fountain Farm6.3 miles20

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 Q5900273The 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 719792. 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.