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Conda, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Soda Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83276. It lies near Shield Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Soda Springs quadrangle. It stands 6,194 feet above sea level.

Conda within Caribou County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Conda between 1993 and 2017, burning about 413 acres in total. None 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/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
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 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 1
5 July 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSULPHUR
24 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHAUL ROAD
13 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresIdaho Falls DistrictWOOD CANYON
7 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 1
25 October 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTRAIL CR
2 October 1995Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCONDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caribou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Conda: 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, Vanadium, Sulfur. 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
Blackfoot Bridge Proposed MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, VanadiumProspectSurface
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Idaho Sulphur MineSulfurPast Producer1901
Monsato Quartzite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Trail CanyonClayUnknown
Trail Canyon QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Woodall SpringGeothermalUnknown
Conda MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1906, 1922
East of Soda SpringsLimestone, GeneralUnknown
North Trail Canyon MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1906, 1976

Every working recorded in Caribou County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conda in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 6 hail. 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
September 2021HailConda$6,000Multiple reports of ping pong ball and half dollar sized hail with many vehicles dented by the hail.
September 2021HailConda$3,000Hail damage reported on vehicle.
September 2021HailConda-Half dollar sized hail in Medowville area.
September 2021HailConda-Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail along Panting Rd just south of Horsley Ln.
September 2021HailConda-Hail reported at Conda town site.
June 1997HailConda-no account filed

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
Meadowville4.5 miles13
Soda Springs6.4 miles15
Rose8.6 miles16
Alexander10.8 miles16
Henry12.3 miles13
Talmage13.9 miles12
Grace14.8 miles16
Central16.1 miles12

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 CondaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5159128The 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 397567. 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.