New Hope, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kilgore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75662. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1971 USGS Kilgore SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
478 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 478 fires within 5 miles of New Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,002 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 54 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 | 243 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Fireworks | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6305 |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 487 |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 176 WF (REKINDLE) |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0000285 |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Roads | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Monroe | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pirtle | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Craig | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Crims Chapel (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Hill | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pitner Junction | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Chalk Hill | 6.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378741. 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.






