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New Hope, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. It stands on Sanson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goodrich quadrangle.

New Hope within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 396 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePHILLIP 66 STATION
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELMORE LOOP
5 September 2004Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 42
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 890

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 New Hope: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Goodrich Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Hope in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2025HailNew Hope1 hurtEmergency manager passed along reports of large hail west of Goodrich. One person was injured after hail came through the victims bedroom window, striking them in the head.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNew Hope$35,000Emergency manager reported that 7 homes west of Goodrich were damaged by wind and hail. Most of these homes were located along FM 2969. Windows were knocked out, with some roof damage present. One mobile home had damaged siding. Wind speeds were estimated at 65 mph.
April 2012HailNew Hope$1,000Quarter sized hail reported southwest of Goodrich.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Goodrich1.8 miles12
Swartout2.1 miles12
Lamont3.1 miles12
Providence5.5 miles12
West Livingston5.8 miles12
Moore Hill5.9 miles12
East Tempe6.0 miles12
Livingston6.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034953. 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.