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Austin, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1959. It stands in the Buhl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83316. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Austin within Twin Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Austin (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 7,388 acres in total. 6 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Fireworks3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresBoise DistrictHAWK
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use37 acresTwin Falls DistrictMAGIC WATERS
4 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSALMON CREEK
30 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSINKINGCYN
29 September 1996Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSINKINGCAN
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use35 acresTwin Falls DistrictWATERS
19 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use590 acresBoise DistrictSALMON FLS
10 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSINKING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Austin (historical): 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Diatomite, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BanburyDiatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProspect
Snake River PlacersGold, Iron, ChromiumPast Producer1862
State Pit Tf 79StoneProducer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Ray Banbury Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Miracle Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Twin Falls 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Deep Creek4.3 miles10
Abbey (historical)5.2 miles16
Buhl6.2 miles10
Cedar8.7 miles9
Fairview8.9 miles10
Castleford9.4 miles10
Peavey11.6 miles9
Clover13.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399426. 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.