Abbey, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1959. It stands in the Buhl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83316. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Abbey within Twin Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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.

1949 USGS Thousand Springs quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
1951 USGS Thousand Springs quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Thousand Springs quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Buhl quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings

Fires near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Abbey (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 357 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	1
Natural	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
15 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	3.3 acres	Twin Falls District	NIAGARA SPRINGS
19 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Twin Falls District	NIAGARASP
7 July 1997	Debris and open burning	24 acres	Twin Falls District	FISHNGAME1
21 July 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Twin Falls District	NIAGARA
18 July 2011	Smoking	1.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	CLEAR LAKES
12 July 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.4 acres	Twin Falls District	RURAL ASSIST 3
5 June 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Twin Falls District	CLEARLAKES
26 June 2006	Debris and open burning	4.6 acres	Idaho Falls District	GUN CLUB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Abbey (historical): 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Iron, Chromium, Chromium, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Snake River Placers	Gold, Iron, Chromium	Past Producer	1862
Snake River Placers	Gold, Chromium, Iron	Past Producer	1862
State Pit Tf 79	Stone	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Twin Falls 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Buhl	2.2 miles	10
Cedar	3.7 miles	9
Austin (historical)	5.2 miles	16
Deep Creek	5.4 miles	10
Peavey	6.4 miles	9
Fairview	6.9 miles	10
Clover	8.9 miles	9
Filer	8.9 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399411. 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.