Cotterel, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Albion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83323. The Survey maps it on the Lake Walcott SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Lake Walcott SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Cotterel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 27,292 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | I84 MM 225 |
| 4 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,144 acres | Idaho Falls District | MARSH CREEK |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | EASTHILLS |
| 3 September 2001 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Twin Falls District | POINT MTN |
| 24 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Idaho Falls District | MM 17 |
| 2 September 2001 | Fireworks | 152 acres | Twin Falls District | OLDRAIL |
| 2 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Twin Falls District | BEATTY |
| 16 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Twin Falls District | MEDIAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cotterel: 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Lead, Kyanite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dominion Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| Old Dominion Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bill Anderson Kyanite Property | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Cyanite Occurrence | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bridger Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Flowing Well | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idahome | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Declo | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Albion | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Jackson | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Springdale | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Raft River | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| View | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Unity | 15.1 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122544089 | 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 396331. 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.




