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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.

Hope within Eddy County

Population over time

2 figures

Hope 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.

YearPeople Change
2010105
2020113+8 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

27 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLEE
7 August 2014Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBOOT
17 August 2000Natural2.0 acresRoswell Field OfficeHIGH HOPES
12 August 2011Natural6.8 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeBLACK ANGUS
6 July 2005Natural2.0 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeSANTA
3 July 2007Natural21 acresCarlsbad Field OfficeSANTA
2 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOSTRICH
6 June 2000Naturalunder an acreRoswell Field OfficeHUNTER

Every fire recorded in Eddy County

Storms near this place

32 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHope$20,000A barn was reported collapsed due to strong winds. Wind speeds are estimated to be approximately 90 mph. Property damage cost is an estimation.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHope$8,000Very strong thunderstorm outflow winds destroyed a barn south of the community of Hope in northwest portions of Eddy County.
May 2010Flash FloodHope$4,000A 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 2012Flash FloodHope$1,000Heavy 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 2014Flash FloodHope$300Heavy 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 2025HailHope-A report of quarter-sized hail was received from mPING.
June 2019Tornado (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 2019FloodHope-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 2016Funnel CloudHope-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 2016Tornado (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 2010Flash FloodHope-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 2007HailHope-Marble to quarter size hail was reported in Hope.
August 2006Flash FloodHope-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 2006Flash FloodHope-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 2005HailHope-Nickel to golfball size hail was reported by a motorist and the Hope postmaster east of Hope on U.S. Highway 82.
June 2004Flash FloodHope-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 2002Flash FloodHope-Three feet of water was reported on Highway 12 south of the community of Hope as Walnut Creek flooded and overflowed its banks.
May 1999HailHope-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 2024HailHope-no account filed
June 2019HailHope-no account filed
June 2019HailHope-no account filed
October 2015HailHope-no account filed
May 2014HailHope-no account filed
May 2010HailHope-no account filed
May 2010HailHope-no account filed
May 2010HailHope-no account filed
May 2010HailHope-no account filed
May 2010HailHope-no account filed
May 2010HailHope-no account filed
May 2008HailHope-no account filed
June 2003HailHope-no account filed
July 2002HailHope-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eddy 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
Artesia17.6 miles8
Atoka18.4 miles8
Dayton19.2 miles9
Frontier Post19.8 miles9
Espuela20.1 miles8
Seven Rivers22.2 miles8
Riverside23.9 miles9
Illinois Camp28.4 miles10

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 Q2525524The 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.