BlockBlaine, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83327. It stands on Fricke Creek. The Survey maps it on the Macon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Macon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Blaine between 2000 and 2015, burning about 18,362 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 18,047 acres | Twin Falls District | WILLOWCREK |
| 26 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 314 acres | Twin Falls District | ELK |
| 30 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY20MP163 |
| 6 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | ELK CREEK |
| 20 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Twin Falls District | MACONLAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Blaine: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Thorium, Uranium, REE, Pumice, Lead, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Brooks Pumice Deposit Prospect | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Camp Creek | Thorium, Zirconium, Uranium, REE | Prospect | ||
| Camp Creek Placer | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Thorium, Uranium, REE | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blaine in 2 storm reports in 2023: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Blaine | - | Accumulating water on roadways. Traffic on US-20 slowed to 40 mph. Motorcyclists were trapped. A spotter reported 2.65 inches of rain in the last hour. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Blaine | - | This corrects previous hail reports from 8 miles East of Fairfield. The largest hailstones reported were estimated to be quarter-sized, half-inch hail preceded the largest hailstones. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396150. 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.