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Alameda, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pocatello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83201. It stands on Pocatello Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pocatello North quadrangle.

Alameda within Bannock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Alameda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,102 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 2 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Fireworks8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Firearms and explosives use2

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 2005Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictAMERICAN
8 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution3.7 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMICHAUD CREEK
4 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIdaho Falls DistrictPOCATELLO
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBUCKSKIN ROAD
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined84 acresBannock CountyBANNOCK COUNTY ASSIST 5
20 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
16 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minor225 acresIdaho Falls DistrictPOCATELLO
15 September 1992Debris and open burning55 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFMC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Alameda: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lost Horse MineCopper, SilverPast Producer
Lyonclaw MineCopper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, SilverPast ProducerSedimentary
Mountain Spring ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
R L BrownGeothermalProspect
FMC Elemental Phosphorus PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Simplot Don PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Baldwin and BradySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bengal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Fmc Silica PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bannock County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alameda in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018Flash FloodAlameda-Heavy rainfall of more than an inch caused flooding of streets in Pocatello. Garrett Way was closed between N Main Street and W Cedar Street and Marlu Street was closed in front of Lewis and Clark Elementary School and Alameda Middle School.

Every storm recorded in Bannock 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
Pocatello1.4 miles15
Chubbuck2.2 miles15
Tyhee4.3 miles15
Portneuf8.1 miles14
Blackrock9.3 miles14
Inkom12.4 miles14
McCammon21.6 miles10
Robin24.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399414. 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.

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.