BlockGood Hope, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hallettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77964. The Survey maps it on the Hallettsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hallettsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Good Hope between 2004 and 2011, burning about 561 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALLETTSVILLE KC PARK |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAAB SWITCH |
| 20 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DITCH FIRE |
| 15 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallettsville | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Vsetin | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Appelt Hill | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Williamsburg | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kinkler | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sublime | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Worthing | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Breslau | 7.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378366. 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.