Bickel, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1964. It stands in the Murtaugh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83334. The Survey maps it on the Eden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bickel within Twin Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bickel (historical) between 1995 and 2018, burning about 57 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Fireworks	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
8 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	MURTAUGH
19 August 1997	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Twin Falls District	HANSENNE
15 August 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	50 acres	Twin Falls District	NMURTAUGH
5 July 2003	Fireworks	2.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	MURTAUGH
27 May 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Twin Falls District	MURTAUGH GRADE
11 May 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Twin Falls District	CALDRON LIN
21 April 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Twin Falls District	CALDRON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Bickel (historical): 8 past producers, 8 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Iron, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Eden Butte Cinder Deposit	Pumice, Volcanic Materials	Producer	Cinders
Snake River Placer Deposits	Gold, Iron, Chromium	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Murtaugh Placer Deposit	Gold	Past Producer	1862
Snake River Placers	Gold	Past Producer	1862
Snake River Placers	Gold	Past Producer	1862
Unnamed Location	Gold	Occurrence

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Murtaugh	3.5 miles	8
Bills	4.0 miles	8
Hansen	4.8 miles	8
Striker	6.2 miles	9
Artesian City	8.1 miles	8
Kimberly	8.2 miles	8
Rock Creek	8.3 miles	9
Milner	10.0 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396110. 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.