Bone, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83427. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bone quadrangle. It stands 6,073 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1924 USGS Ammon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Bone quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Palisades quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bone between 1993 and 2015, burning about 279 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Idaho Falls District | KEPPS |
| 10 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Idaho Falls District | SELLARS CK |
| 9 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MUD CREEK |
| 27 July 2000 | Natural | 78 acres | Idaho Falls District | LOERTSCHER |
| 10 July 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 153 acres | Idaho Falls District | DUMP FIRE |
| 19 October 1997 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Idaho Falls District | BIRCH CRK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bone: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay, Brick | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit, Bonneville Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wolverine Creek Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium | Prospect | Surface |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bone in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2008: 3 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 2008 | Hail | Bone | - | Large hail damaged crops in Bone. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Bone | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Bone | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dehlin | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Taylorville | 13.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gerrard | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| Guyaz | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ammon | 14.1 miles | 14 | |
| Iona | 16.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lincoln | 16.5 miles | 12 | |
| Idaho Falls | 16.5 miles | 13 |
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 Bone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4941469 | 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 396161. 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.





