Hopewell, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hopewell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43746. The Survey maps it on the Gratiot quadrangle. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1910 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1910 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gratiot quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Gratiot quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Gratiot quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Gratiot quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fires nearby
19 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 2012 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15236 |
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15769 |
| 2 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12325 |
| 19 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12326 |
| 10 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15752 |
| 16 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15210 |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15671 |
| 18 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1621 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 260 shownMuseums hold 260 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hopewell between 1873 and 1974: 205 Animalia, 30 Plantae, 17 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Bogue, E.E., Buker, W. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. | 1893 | Jones, H.L. | Toboso |
![]() | Mesolobus Dunbar & Condra, 1932 (fossil) | 1916 | Wilber Stout | Vanport. Hopewell Township |
![]() | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1873 | W. M. Canby | Zanesville. |
![]() | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Fultonham |
![]() | Lycogala exiguum Morgan, 1893 | 1893 | Morgan A.P. | Preston |
![]() | Cladonia symphycarpa (Ehrh. ex Schrad.) Fr. | 1894 | Bogue, E.E. | Black Hand |
![]() | Lysimachia quadriflora Sims | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
![]() | Smilax herbacea L. | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
![]() | Gyromitra brunnea Underw. | 1909 | Moore S. R. | Zanesville |
![]() | Davainea Blanchard, 1891 | 1912 | E. Gay | Janesville |
| Aglaostigma Kirby, 1882 | 1920 | A.E. Miller | ||
| Macrophya Dahlbom, 1835 | 1920 | A.E. Miller |
All 260 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hopewell: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville Underclay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1850 |
Storms nearby
8 since 1997The National Weather Service names Hopewell in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $4,000 | Several trees down near Gratiot. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $2,000 | A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | $500 | Law enforcement reported a tree down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopewell | - | Large oak tree down. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Hopewell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sterling | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wesley | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Opera (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cottage Hill | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Meadow Farm | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dillon View | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Claypools (historical) | 5.8 miles | 11 |
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 Hopewell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5900191 | 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 1064863. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.





















