BlockCoulam, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83263. The Survey maps it on the Banida quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Banida quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Coulam between 1993 and 2018, burning about 4,344 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 201 acres | Idaho Falls District | FRANKLIN COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | OXFORD SPRING |
| 8 August 1996 | Natural | 120 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | OXFORD |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | 46 acres | Idaho Falls District | SWAN LAKE |
| 23 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,413 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CLIFTON |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | FOX HOLLOW |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | CEDAR KNOLL |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | 230 acres | Idaho Falls District | OXFORD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Coulam: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Limestone, General, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch Prospect | Copper, Tungsten, Cobalt | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Baker Prospect | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Clifton | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Clifton | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Hatch Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein |
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.
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 Q122555274 | 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 397582. 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.