Black Pine, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83342. The Survey maps it on the Black Pine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Black Pine quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Black Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,455 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Idaho Falls District | I84MP270 |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | RESTSTOP |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | EASTSIDE1 |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | EASTSIDE2 |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MIDDLE |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | WESTSIDE |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | CAR MP271 |
| 10 September 1994 | Natural | 20 acres | Idaho Falls District | JUNIPER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Black Pine: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Gold, Mercury, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Pine Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1992 | |
| Hazel Pine Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | Calamine, Smithsonite | |
| Miller Cinnabar | Mercury, Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Cinnabar, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Mineral Gulch Prospect | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Copper, Gold, Tetrahedrite | |
| Mineral Gulch Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ruth Mine | Zinc, Mercury, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Cinnabar, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Tolman Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper, Mercury, Antimony, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Valentine Mine | Mercury, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Mineral Gulch Prospect | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Black Pine in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Pine | - | A 66 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust recorded at the Juniper Interchange on interstate 84. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Pine | - | A 61 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was measured at the Juniper Interchange mesonet station on interstate 84. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Pine | - | A 62 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was recorded at the Juniper Interchange mesonet site on interstate 84. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Pine | - | A 62 mph wind gust measured at the Juniper Interchange mesonet site. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Pine | - | A 63 mph gust measured north of Black Pine. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Black Pine | - | The Juniper interchange mesonet site measured a 60 mph wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Stone | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Nelson (historical) | 17.2 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook | 18.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cedarhill | 18.8 miles | 9 | |
| Roy Summit | 19.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ireland Springs | 26.5 miles | 9 | |
| Buist | 26.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q122541000 | 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 377770. 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.



