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New Hope, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88126. The Survey maps it on the Pep quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

New Hope within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of New Hope (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14,744 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
22 September 2011Natural45 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionKIZER 33
17 September 2007Natural14 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
15 September 2010Natural125 acresCapitan DistrictOHARE #2
9 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Division52 MM
9 August 2011Natural35 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHAY
10 August 2004Natural20 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Division33 EAST
22 July 2017Natural2.0 acresCapitan DistrictCRISWELL
2 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionBUDDYS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Hope (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Shasta #1Limestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt 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
Pep4.6 miles5
Richland6.6 miles5
Eagle Hill (historical)9.4 miles6
Milnesand9.4 miles6
Garrison10.0 miles5
Dora11.4 miles6
Red Lake (historical)11.6 miles6
Longs (historical)13.4 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 921099. 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.