Bullion, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hailey-Bellevue census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83333. It lies in Bullion Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Richardson Summit quadrangle.

Bullion within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Bellevue quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Richardson Summit quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Bullion between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26,196 acres in total. 8 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	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Fireworks	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 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Twin Falls District	KELLEY GULCH
23 September 2019	Debris and open burning	48 acres	Twin Falls District	CIELO
5 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	154 acres	Twin Falls District	CROY CREEK
4 August 2007	Natural	13 acres	Twin Falls District	TOWNSEND GULCH
26 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Twin Falls District	RICHARDSON
21 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Twin Falls District	PARTY
2 August 1992	Natural	25,039 acres	Twin Falls District	RO
2 August 1992	Natural	66 acres	Twin Falls District	KELLY MTNS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 171 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 171 workings within 5 miles of Bullion: 82 past producers, 45 occurrences, 30 unknowns, 9 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ada Jane and Bismuth Claims	Arsenic, Molybdenum	Unknown
Alturas Prospect	Gold, Silver, Lead	Occurrence	Vein
Arizona Group	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
Arizona Group Mine	Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Arkoosh Group	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Chicago Mine	Silver, Copper	Past Producer	Vein
Chief of the Hills	Quartz	Unknown
Climax	Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Comet Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1883
Croy Creek Deposit	Tungsten, Silica	Unknown

Every working recorded in Blaine 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hailey	4.6 miles	16
Broadford	5.1 miles	12
Bellevue	6.2 miles	12
Clarendon Hot Springs	6.3 miles	17
Barite	6.4 miles	16
Doniphan	7.1 miles	10
Gimlet	9.2 miles	16
Stanton Crossing	10.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399372. 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.