Daniels, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malad City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83252. It stands on Indian Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Daniels quadrangle. It stands 5,394 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1963 USGS Daniels quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Daniels quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Daniels between 1994 and 2020, burning about 208 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Oneida County | ONEIDA COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 40 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 26 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MORGAN JNS |
| 20 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | DAIRY |
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TWIN PEAKS |
| 14 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MORGAN |
| 29 July 2019 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Idaho Falls District | BUELLER |
| 27 July 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Daniels: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Perlite, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| M. J. Hess Construction Co. Pit | Pumice, Perlite | Producer | Pumice | |
| Wright's Creek Mine | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daniels in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2017: 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Daniels | $278,000 | Significant warmup in February caused extensive sheet flooding mainly over fields but also some flooding on back roads causing extensive damage. A lot of the roadway damage was due to a very cold and snowy winter as well. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Daniels | $45,000 | Sheet flooding from snow melt continued throughout March though not as severe as it was in February. Damages to roads and property ...mainly flooded basements continued to add up through the month. On the 17th there was water running over North Highway 1919 between Devil Creek Reservoir and Power House Road on Malad Summit. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Daniels | $1,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy Creek | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Buist | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Johns | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook Summit | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ireland Springs | 15.0 miles | 9 | |
| Malad City | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasantview | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gwenford | 16.9 miles | 9 |
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 Q121010491 | 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 396373. 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.




