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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.

New Hope within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

478 since 1992

Regional 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 burning243
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Arson/incendiarism54
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural20
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2

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 2013Fireworks4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6305
9 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 487
6 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service176 WF (REKINDLE)
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-0000285
5 September 1998Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1998Natural6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk 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
Cross Roads1.4 miles15
Monroe1.9 miles16
Pirtle5.2 miles15
Craig5.6 miles15
Crims Chapel (historical)6.1 miles15
Oak Hill6.3 miles16
Pitner Junction6.4 miles15
Chalk Hill6.4 miles16

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.