Hope, New Mexico
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Artesia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88250. The Survey maps it on the Hope quadrangle. 113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,085 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHope grew from 105 to 113 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 105 | |
| 2020 | 113 | +8 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hope quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Hope quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Carlsbad quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Artesia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Hope between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,231 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LEE |
| 7 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | BOOT |
| 17 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Roswell Field Office | HIGH HOPES |
| 12 August 2011 | Natural | 6.8 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | BLACK ANGUS |
| 6 July 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | SANTA |
| 3 July 2007 | Natural | 21 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | SANTA |
| 2 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OSTRICH |
| 6 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | HUNTER |
Storms near this place
32 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hope in 32 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 18 hail, 8 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | $20,000 | A barn was reported collapsed due to strong winds. Wind speeds are estimated to be approximately 90 mph. Property damage cost is an estimation. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | $8,000 | Very strong thunderstorm outflow winds destroyed a barn south of the community of Hope in northwest portions of Eddy County. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Hope | $4,000 | A high water rescue was executed along Armstrong Road near Walnut Arroyo. The man was washed downstream 300 yards. The rescue attempt was successful. No injuries were reported with this event, and the damage estimate was based on damage done to the vehicle. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Hope | $1,000 | Heavy rain across Eddy County resulted in elevated water levels in Walnut Arroyo three miles south of Hope. A high water rescue occurred in the arroyo where the water was three to four feet deep. The cost of damage, which is a rough estimate, took into account the damage to the vehicle that went into the arroyo. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Hope | $300 | Heavy rain fell across Eddy County and produced flash flooding. Water was reported to be flowing over US Highway 82 west of Artesia. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Hope | - | A report of quarter-sized hail was received from mPING. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Hope | - | A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced a tornado 15 miles south southwest of Hope. The tornado briefly developed over far western Eddy County over an open field and no damage was reported. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Hope | - | Heavy rain moved across Eddy County and produced flooding west of Artesia. There was water over the road along Highway 82 about 15 miles west of Artesia. |
| September 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Hope | - | A storm moved across Eddy County and produced a funnel cloud one mile west of Hope. The funnel cloud was not reaching the ground but it became closer as they reported it on the phone. |
| September 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Hope | - | A thunderstorm moved across Eddy County and produced a tornado near Hope. No damage survey was done but it is estimated that the tornado began around one mile west of Hope and ended around five miles west of Hope. This tornado was spotted by several Skywarn spotters in Eddy County. No damage was reported with this tornado and the path length and width were estimated. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Hope | - | At 4:45 PM MST, the public reported 12 to 18 inches of flowing water across their driveway and street in front of their home. The flood waters destroyed around 7 acres of alfalfa crop. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Hope | - | Marble to quarter size hail was reported in Hope. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Hope | - | The Eddy County Sheriff's Office reported that Armstrong Road south of Hope was barricaded and traffic was being detoured to another route. U.S. Highway 82 also had one foot of water running over it and was in the process of being barricaded. Several drilling rigs in this area were evacuated because of concern their exit routes would be blocked by water. By 1:15pm MDT, Armstrong Road had been reopened. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Hope | - | A NWS trained spotter reported that five feet of water was flowing across some of the low water crossings in and around Hope. Also, minor street flooding occurred in Carlsbad. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Hope | - | Nickel to golfball size hail was reported by a motorist and the Hope postmaster east of Hope on U.S. Highway 82. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Hope | - | An area of heavy rainfall embedded within a large convective complex over southeast New Mexico during the late evening on the 26th resulted in flash flooding. Local officials reported high water over roadways around the community of Hope. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Hope | - | Three feet of water was reported on Highway 12 south of the community of Hope as Walnut Creek flooded and overflowed its banks. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Hope | - | This supercell storm had an extremely deviant motion, moving almost straight south in western Eddy County. Much larger hail was indicated by radar west of Hope, but no other reports were received. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Hope | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Hope | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artesia | 17.6 miles | 8 | |
| Atoka | 18.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dayton | 19.2 miles | 9 | |
| Frontier Post | 19.8 miles | 9 | |
| Espuela | 20.1 miles | 8 | |
| Seven Rivers | 22.2 miles | 8 | |
| Riverside | 23.9 miles | 9 | |
| Illinois Camp | 28.4 miles | 10 |
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 Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2525524 | 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 897381. 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.




