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China Hill, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Grace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83241. It lies near Wide Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Grace Power Plant quadrangle.

China Hill within Caribou County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of China Hill between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,335 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use40 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBEAVER RD
17 September 2000Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSMITH
8 August 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictWIDE HOLLOW
8 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
4 August 2007Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBEAVER DAM
29 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 2
26 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 1
19 August 2007Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBEAVER DAM 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Turner1.7 miles12
Telluride2.8 miles12
Grace5.4 miles16
Central5.7 miles12
Niter6.1 miles16
Lund7.0 miles12
Bench8.5 miles16
Talmage9.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396280. 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.