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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1948 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Idaho Falls District | CARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 5 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SULPHUR |
| 24 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | HAUL ROAD |
| 13 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Idaho Falls District | WOOD CANYON |
| 7 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Idaho Falls District | CARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 25 October 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | TRAIL CR |
| 2 October 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | CONDA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackfoot Bridge Proposed Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium | Prospect | Surface | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Idaho Sulphur Mine | Sulfur | Past Producer | 1901 | |
| Monsato Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trail Canyon | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Trail Canyon Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Woodall Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Conda Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1906, 1922 | |
| East of Soda Springs | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| North Trail Canyon Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1906, 1976 |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Hail | Conda | $6,000 | Multiple reports of ping pong ball and half dollar sized hail with many vehicles dented by the hail. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Conda | $3,000 | Hail damage reported on vehicle. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Conda | - | Half dollar sized hail in Medowville area. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Conda | - | Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail along Panting Rd just south of Horsley Ln. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Conda | - | Hail reported at Conda town site. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Conda | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowville | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Soda Springs | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rose | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Alexander | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Henry | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Talmage | 13.9 miles | 12 | |
| Grace | 14.8 miles | 16 | |
| Central | 16.1 miles | 12 |
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 Conda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5159128 | The 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.






