Arling, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cascade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83611. It stands on Hot Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Donnelly quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Donnelly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Arling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 38 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FIRECRACKER |
| 9 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WAGON WHEEL MCLEOD |
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | POISON |
| 30 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.8 acres | Boise National Forest | ARLING |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SUGAR LOAF |
| 27 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BADLEY |
| 24 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SUMMIT |
| 22 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WILDWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Arling: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Mountain Placers | REE | Unknown | ||
| Badley Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hot Creek Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arling in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arling | - | An NWS Employee reported severe winds and large waves on Lake Cascade. |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122546066 | 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 397390. 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.





