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Bridge, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Albion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83342. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridge quadrangle.

Bridge within Cassia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bridge between 2008 and 2020, burning about 738 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
20 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use717 acresIdaho Falls DistrictGEOTHERMAL
6 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBRIDGE
20 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictSOUTH MALTA
1 July 2008Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPOWERLINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bridge: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Hot WellGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cassia County

Storms near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridge in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 6 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBridge-A 66 mph wind gust measured at Moburg Canyon.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBridge-Pilot Gold mesonet station recorded a 69 mph wind gust.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBridge-A 61 mph wind gust measured at Moburg Canyon.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBridge-The Moburg Canyon mesonet site measured a 68 mph wind gust.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBridge-A 58 mph wind gust at Moburg Canyon RAWS.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBridge-The Moburg Canyon RAWS site reported a 58 mph wind gust at 11:54 am MDT due to a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Cassia 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
Kelso4.5 miles9
Keogh6.5 miles8
Naf8.8 miles9
Strevell11.3 miles10
Conant11.6 miles9
Malta12.3 miles8
Connor13.4 miles10
Tipton (historical)14.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396176. 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.