BlockBarton, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Midvale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83645. It stands on Sheep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Midvale Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Mann Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Midvale Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Barton between 1992 and 2012, burning about 2,776 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 76 acres | Boise District | DEER CREEK |
| 27 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Payette National Forest | DRY CREEK |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 60 acres | Payette National Forest | GREENFIELD |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Payette National Forest | SAGE CR |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 162 acres | Payette National Forest | GREEN FEILD |
| 31 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 257 acres | Payette National Forest | REST STOP |
| 21 July 1997 | Natural | 18 acres | Boise District | CONCRETE |
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,103 acres | Payette National Forest | ROADSIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Barton: 4 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Mercury, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Consolidated Property | Mercury | Prospect | Cinnabar | |
| Taylor Cinnabar | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Diatomite Mine | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
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 396077. 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.