New Hope, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Personville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75846. The Survey maps it on the Farrar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Farrar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1996 and 2019, burning about 850 acres in total. 2 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WESMORELAND |
| 26 September 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 581 FIRE |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9103 |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTIAL AID WEST MORELY POWER PLANT |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 254 |
| 30 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 188 |
| 22 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8223 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | New Hope | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Hope | $4,000 | Power lines were down across FM 1512 to the east of Lake Limestone with power outages experienced in the area. |
| October 2013 | Flood | New Hope | - | Flooding continued across mainly the southern half of Limestone County after 4-11 of rain fell over the area. The water took several hours to recede. Several roads remained closed and some roads were damaged by the flood waters. |
| May 2003 | Hail | New Hope | - | Occurred on the east side of Lake Limestone. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farrar | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Fair Oaks | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Old Union | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Personville | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lost Prairie | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Oletha | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Seale | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Center | 10.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380890. 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.



