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Hopewell, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clarksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75426. The Survey maps it on the Dimple quadrangle.

Hopewell within Red River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,679 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 19 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 burning79
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
30 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 172
28 September 2010Debris and open burning88 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 179
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 178
26 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2002Debris and open burning110 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 202
24 September 1999Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hopewell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Red River 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
Dimple3.0 miles8
Vessey3.3 miles10
Dilworth3.4 miles10
Negley3.6 miles10
Vandalia4.6 miles8
Acworth4.7 miles9
Greenwood5.5 miles9
Reeds Settlement5.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034140. 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.