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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.

Cotterel within Cassia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

85 since 1994

Regional 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 use22
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks5
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1

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 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictI84 MM 225
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1,144 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMARSH CREEK
4 September 2001Natural2.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictEASTHILLS
3 September 2001Fireworks3.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictPOINT MTN
24 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use27 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMM 17
2 September 2001Fireworks152 acresTwin Falls DistrictOLDRAIL
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresTwin Falls DistrictBEATTY
16 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictMEDIAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Old Dominion MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer1888
Old Dominion MineLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Bill Anderson Kyanite PropertyKyaniteOccurrence
Cyanite OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bridger Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Flowing WellGeothermalUnknown
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cassia 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
Idahome7.7 miles8
Declo9.0 miles10
Albion9.6 miles8
Jackson10.0 miles8
Springdale12.3 miles10
Raft River13.0 miles10
View13.4 miles11
Unity15.1 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.

Wikidata item Q122544089The 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.