BlockBuist, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83243. The Survey maps it on the Buist quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Buist quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Buist between 1994 and 2019, burning about 7,491 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | TAYLOR SPRINGS |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | 200 acres | Idaho Falls District | WEST BUIST |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | SOUTHFORK |
| 4 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,190 acres | Idaho Falls District | HUBBARD |
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | PING |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 6,084 acres | Idaho Falls District | BASIN |
| 11 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | TAYLOR CYN |
| 13 July 2000 | Natural | 11 acres | Idaho Falls District | PETTIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarhill | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Roy Summit | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Daniels | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Holbrook | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ireland Springs | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dairy Creek | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook Summit | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Nelson (historical) | 17.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396191. 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.