BlockCerro Grande, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Atomic City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Scoville 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.
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Scoville quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cerro Grande between 1999 and 2020, burning about 8,613 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SIERRAGRND |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 acres | Idaho National Laboratory | CENTRAL FACILLITY |
| 21 August 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | ATOMIC |
| 26 July 2006 | Natural | 137 acres | Idaho Falls District | ATOMIC |
| 10 July 2012 | Natural | 8,435 acres | Idaho Falls District | MIDWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cerro Grande: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic City | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Taber | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Fullmer | 16.7 miles | 9 | |
| Olsen | 19.7 miles | 9 | |
| Coffee Point | 19.7 miles | 9 | |
| Havens | 21.6 miles | 9 | |
| Rockford | 27.3 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 27.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397542. 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.