Alridge, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Alridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83236. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Higham Peak quadrangle.

Alridge 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.

1951 USGS Higham Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Yandell Springs quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
1998 USGS Higham Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Alridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,168 acres in total. 19 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
Natural	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
Fireworks	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	WOLVERINE 2
7 September 2005	Other causes	175 acres	Idaho Falls District	WOLVERINE
17 September 2013	Natural	38 acres	Idaho Falls District	CEDAR CREEK
12 September 1996	Natural	2.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	BLCKFT RVR
1 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	GONZO
6 August 2009	Natural	12 acres	Fort Hall Agency	COVE SPRINGS
31 August 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Idaho Falls District	WOLVERINE2
3 August 1992	Natural	30 acres	Idaho Falls District	WOLVERINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Alridge: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
	Sampson #1	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
	Wolverine Creek Canyon Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, Dimension	Occurrence	Limestone

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wolverine	6.1 miles	13
Trailton (historical)	7.5 miles	12
Goshen	8.0 miles	11
Basalt	11.1 miles	10
Morgan	11.2 miles	12
Goshen Junction	11.4 miles	10
Firth	11.4 miles	10
Cox	11.5 miles	11

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 Q122553064

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 397373. 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.