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Bramwell, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Emmett Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83617. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Emmett quadrangle.

Bramwell within Gem County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Bramwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,892 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism9
Fireworks8
Firearms and explosives use7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictEM HOLLOW
29 September 2019Firearms and explosives use5.9 acresBoise DistrictJENNY
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresBoise DistrictFREEZE
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictBRAMJEN
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined101 acresBoise DistrictJENNI
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictHEART
3 August 1993Debris and open burning20 acresBoise DistrictFREEZE OUT
27 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresBoise DistrictLITTLE FREEZEOUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gem County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bramwell: 3 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Emmett PlantSilicaProducer
City Transfer Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Gem 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
Jenness2.3 miles11
Del Monte3.0 miles11
Cold House3.1 miles11
Emmett5.1 miles15
Letha5.2 miles11
Little Rock8.0 miles11
Plaza9.4 miles15
Aikman (historical)9.5 miles15

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 BramwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48851949The 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 397477. 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.