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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Camas Prairie quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camas Prairie quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Anderson Ranch Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise National Forest | FORD RANGER |
| 8 August 2013 | Natural | 6,828 acres | Boise District | MM111 HWY20 |
| 8 August 2013 | Natural | 1,500 acres | Boise National Forest | DIXIE |
| 8 August 2013 | Natural | 9,322 acres | Boise District | LONG TOM |
| 8 August 2013 | Natural | 129,730 acres | Boise National Forest | VILLAGE |
| 31 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LITTLE CAMAS |
| 26 August 1994 | Smoking | 456 acres | Boise National Forest | INDIAN POINT |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | ROUGH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daley Consolidated Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Dixie | - | The mesonet station CCDI1 near Anderson Dam measured heavy rain from thunderstorms. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Dixie | - | The mesonet station CCDI1 8.3 miles southeast of Anderson Dam measured 0.60 inches of heavy rain. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Dixie | - | 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Dixie | - | A mud slide was reported at mile post 114 between Praire Road and Anderson Dam Road on U.S. Highway 20. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reclamation Village | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stout Crossing | 13.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pine | 13.6 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie | 14.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain Home | 18.1 miles | 20 | |
| Paradise Hot Springs | 18.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sebree | 20.3 miles | 18 | |
| Emigrant Crossing | 20.4 miles | 17 |
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 Dixie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5284783 | 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 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.






