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Dixie, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Mountain Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83647. The Survey maps it on the Anderson Ranch Dam quadrangle. It stands 4,760 feet above sea level.

Dixie within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 1994 and 2015, burning about 148,977 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise National ForestFORD RANGER
8 August 2013Natural6,828 acresBoise DistrictMM111 HWY20
8 August 2013Natural1,500 acresBoise National ForestDIXIE
8 August 2013Natural9,322 acresBoise DistrictLONG TOM
8 August 2013Natural129,730 acresBoise National ForestVILLAGE
31 August 1995Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestLITTLE CAMAS
26 August 1994Smoking456 acresBoise National ForestINDIAN POINT
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestROUGH CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dixie: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Daley Consolidated MineGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixie in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Heavy RainDixie-The mesonet station CCDI1 near Anderson Dam measured heavy rain from thunderstorms.
March 2023Heavy RainDixie-The mesonet station CCDI1 8.3 miles southeast of Anderson Dam measured 0.60 inches of heavy rain.
July 2014Flash FloodDixie-Flash flooding and land slides occurred on the south end of the Elk Complex burn scar near Anderson Ranch Dam. Several roads were compromised including Anderson Ranch Dam Road and Highway 20. Both were closed.
September 2013Flash FloodDixie-A mud slide was reported at mile post 114 between Praire Road and Anderson Dam Road on U.S. Highway 20.

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Reclamation Village2.5 miles16
Stout Crossing13.4 miles17
Pine13.6 miles16
Prairie14.6 miles17
Mountain Home18.1 miles20
Paradise Hot Springs18.7 miles16
Sebree20.3 miles18
Emigrant Crossing20.4 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on DixieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5284783The 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 396406. 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.