Little Hope, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Dayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 54981. The Survey maps it on the Waupaca quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Waupaca quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Waupaca quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wisconsin Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Waupaca quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Little Hope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 460 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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 | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BURNING BEE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | PARFREYVILLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Hope in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Hail | Little Hope | - | Half dollar size hail fell near King. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Hope | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees near Waupaca. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Hope | - | Thunderstorm winds downed and uprooted multiple trees and blew down a fence near Waupaca. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Hope | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines south of Waupaca. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parfreyville | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| King | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rural | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Waupaca | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Chain O' Lakes | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cobb Town | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sheridan | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Granite Quarry (historical) | 7.2 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Little Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6650345 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1568279. 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.




