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Collins, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Moreland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Moreland quadrangle. It stands 4,482 feet above sea level.

Collins within Bingham County

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

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Collins between 1993 and 2020, burning about 552 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/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
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
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBingham CountyBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 8
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFort Hall AgencyFORT HALL ASSIST 4
4 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFort Hall AgencyFT HALL ASST 12
4 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFort Hall AgencyFT HALL ASST 11
4 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFort Hall AgencyFT HALL ASST 10
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 10
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 9
23 September 1993Debris and open burning10 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDIVERSION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Collins: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Platinum, Titanium. 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
Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle BendGold, Platinum, TitaniumProducer1865
Snake River PlacerGoldPast Producer
Blackfoot Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bingham 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
Groveland1.2 miles13
Aiken1.7 miles12
Blackfoot1.8 miles13
Clarkson2.4 miles12
Peterson (historical)2.6 miles12
Riverside3.2 miles12
Moreland3.8 miles12
McDonaldville4.0 miles10

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 CollinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q121033153The 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 396320. 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.