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Bowmont, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83686. The Survey maps it on the Melba quadrangle.

Bowmont within Canyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Bowmont between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,047 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresBoise DistrictKAVE
23 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use60 acresBoise DistrictKUNA CAVE
2 August 1999Debris and open burning32 acresBoise DistrictNICHOLSON
18 August 2007Firearms and explosives use2.0 acresBoise DistrictBUTTE
27 July 1993Recreation and ceremony90 acresBoise DistrictKUNA BUTTE
2 July 2000Fireworks18 acresDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeGUFFY
17 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBoise DistrictKUNA BUTTE
15 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresBoise DistrictBUTTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bowmont: 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Volcanic Materials. 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
Cimota Enterprises, Inc Gravel PitGypsum-Anhydrite, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, SilverPast Producer
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Leland Freiberghaus Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsProducerSurface
Bowman Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bryon C Rambo Crushing, Co IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Canyon County

Storms near this place

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowmont in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBowmont-A trained spotter reported wind gusts to 60 MPH with trees blown down and heavy rain.

Every storm recorded in Canyon 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
Westma2.8 miles15
Swartz Corner3.2 miles14
Deal3.5 miles14
Tiegs Corner4.2 miles14
Kings Corner4.3 miles14
Melba5.6 miles15
Nampa6.0 miles14
Walters Ferry8.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396168. 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.