BlockArbon, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arbon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83212. The Survey maps it on the Arbon quadrangle. It stands 5,177 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Arbon quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Arbon between 1995 and 2017, burning about 8,592 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MORGAN JONES CANYON |
| 23 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | WILLOW HOLLOW |
| 21 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,663 acres | Idaho Falls District | BOWEN |
| 13 August 2017 | Natural | 5.6 acres | Idaho Falls District | ANDERSON |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PHELPS |
| 30 July 2017 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | MINE CANYON |
| 29 July 1995 | Natural | 39 acres | Idaho Falls District | BOWEN |
| 19 July 2006 | Natural | 30 acres | Idaho Falls District | MARBLE |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arbon in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 wildfire. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Hail | Arbon | $10,000 | Hail damage occurred to several vehicles. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arbon | - | A 76 mph wind gust was measured at the Arbon Valley ITD mesonet site. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arbon | - | A 1 foot diameter tree snapped off approximately half way up. It damaged an irrigation pivot. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arbon | - | A residence with 7 large healthy trees uprooted or snapped off. Several were at least 2 feet in diameter. Two trees fell on and damaged a back deck and several pieces of flashing were blown off of the house. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arbon | - | A 50 knot wind gust was measured at the TR256 RAWS Mesonet site. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arbon | - | Weather spotters in the town of Arbon reported damage with a thunderstorm wind estimated at 65 mph. Several large trees blown over and tin roofs blown off buildings and sheds. |
| July 1997 | Heavy Rain | Arbon | - | Heavy rain produced some local flooding with 3 to 4 inches across Arbon Highway. |
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Arbon | - | 0.75 rain |
| May 2008 | Hail | Arbon | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Arbon | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Wildfire | Arbon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Arbon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Arbon | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Arbon | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Arbon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4784748 | 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 397384. 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.
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.