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Bruneau, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bruneau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83604. The Survey maps it on the Bruneau quadrangle. 121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,549 feet above sea level.

Bruneau within Owyhee County

On record in Bruneau

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Bruneau between 1993 and 2020, burning about 13,149 acres in total. 13 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/undetermined18
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks6
Recreation and ceremony3
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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictMM68 HWY51
16 September 1995Natural51 acresBoise DistrictCRANEFALLS
8 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use101 acresTwin Falls DistrictLOVER
8 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictMM68 HWY51
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictLOVER
3 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictBRUNEAUHIL
23 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictCOVE
22 August 2010Natural60 acresBoise DistrictLOVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bruneau: 10 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Buckaroo Ditch Pumicite OccurrenceVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Buckaroo Ditch Pumicite OccurrencePumiceUnknown
Idaho Calcium CorpStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
B. BilbaoGeothermalProspect
E. BlackGeothermalProspect
E. BlackGeothermalProspect
E. BlackGeothermalProspect
G. CraigGeothermalProspect
G. HutchinsonGeothermalProspect
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Owyhee County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruneau in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindBruneau-Significant crop damage was reported due to a large outflow boundary from a storm.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBruneau-The RAWS at Twin Buttes recorded a wind gust of 63 MPH.
June 2009Flash FloodBruneau-A trained spotter reported 1.3 inches of rain in approximately 50 minutes and flash flooding with water running over area roads.
June 2009Flash FloodBruneau-Roads around Bruneau, Idaho were flooded and nearly impassable for almost 2 hours due to about 45 minutes of heavy rain. Law enforcement reported that debris and sediment were cleared from Hot Springs Road after the water had subsided.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBruneau-High winds blew down trees and power lines near Grand View and other parts of Owyhee County.
May 2003HailBruneau-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBruneau-no account filed
April 1998Tornado (F0)Bruneau-no account filed
June 1998HailBruneau-no account filed
July 1997WildfireBruneau-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBruneau-no account filed
June 1996Heavy RainBruneau-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Owyhee 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
Hot Springs7.4 miles11
Grand View17.4 miles14
Buncel Place25.8 miles9
Doyle Place28.5 miles9
Comical Turn28.7 miles8
Cottonwood (historical)29.4 miles8
Harvey Place29.4 miles9
Morgan Place29.8 miles17

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 BruneauAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4978901The 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 396181. 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.