BlockHope, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Yoakum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77995. It stands on Supplejack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hope 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
- 1965 USGS Hope quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hope between 2005 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 413 A |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 371 CR 419 |
| 24 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1223 CR 413 |
| 22 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 436 FIRE |
| 6 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GERALD CROTWELL |
| 18 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 603 LAVACA COUNTY RD 438 |
| 23 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOEY MEYERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hope in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | $1,000 | Two large trees were reported down near Highway 77A and County Road 444. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koerth | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ezzell | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sweet Home | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mont | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Williamsburg | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Adel | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Olive | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Worthing | 13.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379956. 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.