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Aiken, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Moreland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Moreland quadrangle.

Aiken within Bingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Aiken between 1995 and 2020, burning about 520 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/undetermined14
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBingham CountyBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 8
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFort Hall AgencyFORT HALL ASSIST 4
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresBingham CountyBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 7
4 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFort Hall AgencyFT HALL ASST 11
4 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFort Hall AgencyFT HALL ASST 10
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 10
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 9
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Aiken: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Platinum, Titanium. 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
Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle BendGold, Platinum, TitaniumProducer1865
Snake River PlacerGoldPast Producer
Welch GroundGoldPast Producer
Blackfoot Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bingham 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
Clarkson0.7 miles12
Collins1.7 miles12
Riverside1.7 miles12
Groveland2.0 miles13
Moreland2.1 miles12
Peterson (historical)2.7 miles12
Blackfoot3.5 miles13
Aberdeen Junction3.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396029. 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.