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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Idaho Falls District | MILL CANYON |
| 26 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | W.BENINGTN |
| 2 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | LANARK |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiptop Prospect | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unnamed Location | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Bear Lake Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | The COOP observer in Bern estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | The trained spotter in Bern recorded a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | A 62 mph wind gust was recorded by COOP Observer in Bern. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | A COOP observer recorded a 76 mph wind gust in Bern. Aspen tree felled by the wind. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | A COOP observer in Bern measured a 72 mph wind gust in a thunderstorm. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | Spotter in Bern with wind equipment measured 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | Sixty-two mph wind gust at Bern measured by trained spotter. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | A 71 mph wind gust was measured by a spotter in Bern. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | Co-op observer reported a measured 66 mph wind gust in Bern. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | A weather spotter recorded a sixty-five mph wind at Bern. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Bern | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bern | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovid | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lanark | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Montpelier | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bennington | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sharon | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lindsayville | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wooleys | 7.7 miles | 14 |
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 Bern | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q935598 | 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 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.







