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Big Springs, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Island Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83429. It stands on Thirsty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Island Park quadrangle.

Big Springs within Fremont County

On record in Big Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Big Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBIG SPRINGS
16 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBUFFALO
9 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMOOSE
7 August 2010Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBIG SPRINGS
4 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMOOSE
31 August 1996Natural3.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestBLACK CANYON
27 August 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestDUMP
27 August 1996Natural1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestDEAD COYOTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Big Springs: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Flat Rock4.3 miles12
Trude5.4 miles11
Island Park8.0 miles11
Rea9.7 miles11
Box Canyon11.4 miles11
Last Chance11.9 miles11
Eccles12.1 miles10
Lake13.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396120. 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.