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Berenice, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Howe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83244. The Survey maps it on the Little Lost River Sinks quadrangle.

Berenice within Butte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Berenice between 1994 and 2012, burning about 26 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
Natural2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
12 September 1996Smokingunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictHOWE
21 June 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictW. TAN
19 May 2001Natural7.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLEMHI
16 October 2012Other causes18 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHOWE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Berenice: 6 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Bc No. 53 Extension ProspectZinc, LeadProspect
Bc No. 53 ProspectLead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Black Back ProspectLead, SilverProspect
Hamilton DistrictSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperProducerREPLACEMENT
South Creek No. 147 ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincProspect
Bc No. 51 ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Bc No. 65 ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Whiterock ProspectLeadProspectGalena

Every working recorded in Butte County

Storms near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berenice in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindBerenice-A 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was measured at the Junction 33/22 Summit ITD mesonet site.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBerenice-Mesonet station ITDD03 Junction Summit recorded a 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBerenice-INL Specific Manufacturing mesonet site recorded 59 mph wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBerenice-A 59 mph gust measured at the Junction 33/22 Summit mesonet site.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBerenice-A wind gust of 61 mph measured at Specific Manufacturing Capability at INL.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBerenice-A 68 mph wind gust was measured during a thunderstorm at Big Southern Summit.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBerenice-A 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the Sand Dunes INL site.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBerenice-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butte 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
Sweet Sage (historical)2.5 miles9
Howe3.5 miles10
Butte City20.8 miles9
Moore21.7 miles9
Arco21.7 miles9
Lost River23.1 miles9
Darlington23.4 miles10
Scoville24.0 miles9

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 Q122592969The 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 397429. 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.