Bundy, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83540. It lies near Thiessen Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Sweetwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lewiston Orchards quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Bundy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,321 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | OVERTHILL |
| 7 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | SWEETWATER |
| 7 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | CARVALLEY |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | BOYER |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 80 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | LYLEGULCH |
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | ROCKY TOP |
| 3 September 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | HOOP FIRE |
| 29 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | TRACK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bundy: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bundy in 2 storm reports in 2022: 2 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Flood | Bundy | $1,000,000 | Us95 is down to one lane at milepost 296 due to flooding over roadway. time estimated based on dot report. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Bundy | $750,000 | Us95 is down to one lane at milepost 296 due to flooding over roadway. time estimated based on dot report. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sweetwater | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lapwai | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Webb | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Culdesac | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Snow (historical) | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Spalding | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Joseph | 7.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397499. 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.




