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Bern, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83254. It lies near Bear Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ovid quadrangle. It stands 5,968 feet above sea level.

Bern within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bern between 1994 and 2017, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMILL CANYON
26 July 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictW.BENINGTN
2 May 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLANARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bern: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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
Tiptop ProspectLead, Silver, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed LocationGold, SilverUnknown
Bear Lake ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bear Lake County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bern in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBern-The COOP observer in Bern estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBern-The trained spotter in Bern recorded a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindBern-A 62 mph wind gust was recorded by COOP Observer in Bern.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBern-A COOP observer recorded a 76 mph wind gust in Bern. Aspen tree felled by the wind.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBern-A COOP observer in Bern measured a 72 mph wind gust in a thunderstorm.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBern-Spotter in Bern with wind equipment measured 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBern-Sixty-two mph wind gust at Bern measured by trained spotter.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBern-A 71 mph wind gust was measured by a spotter in Bern.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBern-Co-op observer reported a measured 66 mph wind gust in Bern.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBern-A weather spotter recorded a sixty-five mph wind at Bern.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindBern-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindBern-no account filed
June 1998HailBern-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBern-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bear Lake 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
Ovid3.6 miles13
Liberty3.8 miles13
Lanark4.6 miles13
Montpelier4.8 miles13
Bennington4.9 miles13
Sharon5.0 miles13
Lindsayville6.5 miles14
Wooleys7.7 miles14

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 BernAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q935598The 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 377393. 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.