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Chesterfield, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Bancroft census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83217. It lies near Higginson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Chesterfield quadrangle.

Chesterfield within Caribou County

On record in Chesterfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Chesterfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 824 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
6 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCaribou CountyBANKS
19 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCHESTERFLD
22 October 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined814 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caribou County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chesterfield: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Stone, Dimension. 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
Eighteen Mile CreekStone, DimensionUnknown
Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, VanadiumOccurrenceSurface
Rocky Canyon Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Caribou County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chesterfield in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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
June 2023FloodChesterfield$1,500,000Extreme snowmelt from heavy snowfall and extreme flows on the Portneuf River caused damage to the Chesterfield Reservoir spillway. The old structure started to deconstruct and makeshift repairs were made to alleviate any significant flooding. Cost to repair the damaged structure were estimated at around 1.5 million dollars.
February 2017FloodChesterfield$427,000A warmup in early February caused extensive sheet flooding throughout Caribou County. The main issues were extensive flooded back roads, extensive field flooding. Lots of agricultural land was affected with extensive property and road damage. Many of the road closures occurred in the Grace area with the worst flooding from the 8th through the 14th. Several houses to the south of Grace flooded and more road flooding occurred after the 19th. Caribou County did declare a county disaster.
September 2000LightningChesterfield$150,000A lightning ignited fire destroyed a school at the Chesterfield historic town site. The 81 year old school , constructed of hand made brick and mortar, housed the historical records of the Chesterfield foundation. Fortunately, most of the hundreds of historical books, ledgers and museum displays were saved prior to the school becoming totally engulfed in flames. The school had educated children until 1941 and had remained a focal point for visitors interested in Chesterfield's LDS (Mormon) heritage.
March 2017FloodChesterfield$42,000Sheet flooding from snow melt continued in March in Caribou County. Some homes reported basement flooding near King Creek. On the 15th and 16th multiple side roads off of Highway 34 were under water and got close to Highway 34 as well.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$250Received report on social media of measured 74 mph wind gust in Chesterfield. A large pine tree top was snapped off.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindChesterfield-Measured wind gust of 60 mph at Chesterfield Reservoir.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindChesterfield-A 64 mph wind gust measured at Pole Canyon mesonet site.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindChesterfield-A 58 mph wind gust measured at the Pole Canyon RAWS.
October 2016HailChesterfield-Golf ball sized hail reported at Chesterfield.
July 2015Funnel CloudChesterfield-Several photographs received of funnel clouds over and near Blackfoot Reservoir between 1 and 2 pm MDT.
July 2015Funnel CloudChesterfield-Photographs of funnel clouds east of Chesterfield received between 130 and 155 PM MDT.
August 2014Heavy RainChesterfield-Farmers and ranchers in Caribou County were declared by the USDA to qualify for natural disaster assistance due to crop damage from heavy August rains. Eastern Idaho barley crop damage was estimated at 64 million dollars with a portion of that in Caribou County.
July 2001Flash FloodChesterfield-Flash flooding occurred in the town of Chesterfield. Water ran across a road and lift debris on the west side of twenty-four mile reservoir.

Every storm recorded in Caribou 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
Hatch4.2 miles12
Kinport8.0 miles12
Pebble10.0 miles9
Bancroft10.2 miles12
Talmage14.3 miles12
Lund15.5 miles12
Central16.7 miles12
Meadowville17.3 miles13

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 ChesterfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5093791The 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 396274. 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.