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Camas, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Mud Lake-Hamer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83425. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camas quadrangle.

Camas within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Camas between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,242 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
8 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use717 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBIG GRASSY
29 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictMP 158
12 August 2003Natural9.3 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLARSEN
28 July 1996Natural115 acresCamas National Wildlife RefugeRAT FARM
25 July 2018Natural2,337 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDEVILS HOLE
24 July 1998Natural42 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTABLE BUTT
17 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCAMAS CREEK
4 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresCamas National Wildlife RefugeCAMAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Camas: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

18 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camas in 18 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017FloodCamas$2,430,000A significant warmup in February caused massive sheet flooding from snowfall accumulation from December and January. Extensive damage occurred to homes and especially road damage. The state declared Jefferson County a disaster area due to the magnitude of the damage. Road flooding occurred near Roberts on the 11th and 12th, but extreme flooding commenced after the 19th mainly west of Interstate 15. 600 North was closed from 2450 East to 2300 East. 400 North was closed from 2400 East to 1800 East. 2300 East was closed from County Line to 400 North. 2100 East was closed from County Line to 400 North. 2600 East was closed from 200 North to 400 North and 1800 East was closed from 400 North to 1200 North. Water on some roads reached levels that caused automobiles to float. Road crews described some roads similar to waterfalls.
March 2017FloodCamas$435,000Extensive road and property damage continued into March. Many roads in the Roberts area suffered severe damage due to the flooding. Multiple personal water wells had e-coli due to the problems from the flooding in the first week of March. This occurred near E 200 N and N 3300 E southwest of Lewisville.
May 2017FloodCamas$38,000Minor flooding continued throughout May with field flooding causing agricultural damage along with money needed for levee repair and recreation facilities.
June 2017FloodCamas$13,000Minor flooding continued throughout the first half of June with field flooding causing agricultural damage along with money needed for levee repair and recreation facilities.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCamas-Mesonet station HAM recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCamas-ITDE3 D6 Camas mesonet site on interstate 15 recorded a 60 mph wind gust near Camas.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCamas-The HAM mesonet station recorded a 61 mph thunderstorm outflow wind.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCamas-Mesonet station ITDE3 D6 Camas on interstate 15 recorded a 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCamas-A 62 mph wind gust measured at Camas.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCamas-Mesonet site 1 mile west northwest of Camas measured a 59 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCamas-A 62 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust measured at the Camas ITD site on interstate 15.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCamas-The Hamer site recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCamas-A 62 mph wind gust near Camas was measured.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCamas-Hamer ARL FRD mesonet site recorded 63 mph wind gust.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCamas-A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Camus mesonet site.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCamas-no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCamas-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCamas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Hamer5.6 miles10
Hawgood10.2 miles9
Sage Junction12.3 miles9
Terreton16.2 miles9
Level (historical)16.3 miles9
Monteview16.9 miles9
Mud Lake17.7 miles9
Roberts20.4 miles14

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 CamasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48852288The 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 399814. 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.