BlockDew Drop Place, Idaho
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Grand View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83604. It lies near Rough Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Indian Hay Meadows quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Indian Hay Meadows quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Sheep Creek quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dew Drop Place between 1993 and 2003, burning about 4 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 July 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Shoshone Paiute Tribes | DAMON |
| 21 July 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Shoshone Paiute Tribes | MARKER SIX |
| 17 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shoshone Paiute Tribes | FARM |
| 20 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shoshone Paiute Tribes | BONFIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dew Drop Place: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geode Occurrence | Gemstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Hat | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Dickens Place | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Miller Creek Settlement | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Frost Place | 11.6 miles | 7 | |
| Riddle | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Tindall (historical) | 17.0 miles | 7 | |
| Dans Place | 18.1 miles | 7 | |
| James Place | 19.5 miles | 7 |
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 Q122568904 | 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 396397. 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.