New Hope, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Chandler-Brownsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75756. The Survey maps it on the Brownsboro quadrangle. It stands 489 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Brownsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Brownsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Brownsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,406 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Smoking | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 488 |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | #7052 |
| 26 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7130 |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Leagueville | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Brownsboro | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Union Hill | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Moore Station | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Evelyn | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Opelika | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sunrise Shores | 6.6 miles | 15 |
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 New Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076545 | 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 1380248. 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.






