BlockAppleton, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wendell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83355. The Survey maps it on the Niagara Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Niagara Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Niagara Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Appleton between 1998 and 2015, burning about 805 acres in total. 2 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 acres | Twin Falls District | WENDELLIST |
| 13 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Twin Falls District | ESCAPE |
| 2 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Twin Falls District | WEST CANAL |
| 11 July 2006 | Natural | 706 acres | Twin Falls District | CANAL |
| 1 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | I84 MM162 |
| 17 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Twin Falls District | 400 WEST |
| 16 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | I84 MM 158 |
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 Appleton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Screening Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396047. 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.