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New Hope, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stamford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79553. It stands on Redmud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Funston quadrangle.

New Hope within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

25 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 2006 and 2009, burning about 260 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceW GOULD
14 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLSEN/LACY
16 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 May 2009Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service90509
1 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 600 & HYW 6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Hope: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Atlas Sand and Gravel Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
AvocaCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Tornado (EF0)New Hope$12,000National Weather Service Storm Survey revealed that an EF0 tornado caused roof damage to a home 5 miles west-southwest of Avoca. There was also broken tree limbs along the path and many power poles snapped along U.S. Highway 277 just south of the Farm Road 1636 intersection.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)New Hope-Law Enforcement called stating that a Deputy south of Stamford reported a possible tornado which was rain wrapped and heading toward Avoca.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)New Hope-According to Storm Chaser videos, this tornado was a well developed cone tornado. NWS and Emergency Management could not find any damage since this tornado remained over open fields. Therefore, it was given an EF0 rating.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-A trained spotter reported a wind gust of 60 mph, 7 miles southwest of Stamford.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Hope-The fire department reported several utility poles snapped along County Road 295, east of U.S. Highway 277. The location is 6 miles south-southwest of Stamford.
June 2008Flash FloodNew Hope-Highways 1636, 92, 2834, and 277 each had water over a portion of the road just south and west of Stamford.
March 2011HailNew Hope-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Corinth3.8 miles11
Avoca4.4 miles11
Stamford5.3 miles11
Funston8.1 miles11
Plainview8.2 miles11
Tuxedo9.2 miles12
Anson9.3 miles11
Lueders10.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378744. 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.

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.