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Box Canyon, 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 lies in Box Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Island Park Dam quadrangle. It stands 6,181 feet above sea level.

Box Canyon within Fremont County

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 Box Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
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
24 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBUFFALO
14 September 2010Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMOONSHINE
7 August 2003Natural2.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestRIPLEY
7 August 1992Smokingunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestTHURMON
22 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestTHURMAN RIDGE
21 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCABIN
20 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestOSBORNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Box Canyon: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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
Last Chance0.9 miles11
Island Park3.6 miles11
Rea6.5 miles11
Trude6.5 miles11
Eccles6.6 miles10
Pineview8.1 miles10
Flat Rock9.2 miles12
Big Springs11.4 miles11

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 Q92990132The 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 396172. 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.