BlockAlexander, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Soda Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83276. It sits by Soda Point. The Survey maps it on the Alexander quadrangle. It stands 5,735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2005 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Alexander between 1992 and 2020, burning about 835 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 140 acres | Idaho Falls District | SWENSON |
| 8 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | KING CANYON |
| 8 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | NELSON RIDGE |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 230 acres | Idaho Falls District | N GRACE |
| 2 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 145 acres | Idaho Falls District | ALEXANDER |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SAND POINT |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SODA POINT |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 201 acres | Idaho Falls District | GRACE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alexander: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooper Springs | Geothermal | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talmage | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Grace | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Soda Springs | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Central | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Turner | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Telluride | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| China Hill | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lund | 9.5 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q114186372 | 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 397368. 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.