Doniphan, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hailey-Bellevue census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83333. It lies near Black Cinder Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Richardson Summit quadrangle.

Doniphan within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Bellevue quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Richardson Summit quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Doniphan between 1992 and 2018, burning about 41,536 acres in total. 7 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	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
4 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Twin Falls District	KELLEY GULCH
26 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Twin Falls District	RICHARDSON
21 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Twin Falls District	PARTY
2 August 1992	Natural	25,039 acres	Twin Falls District	RO
2 August 1992	Natural	7.0 acres	Twin Falls District	BLUERIBBON
2 August 1992	Natural	10 acres	Twin Falls District	KELLYGULCH
2 August 1992	Natural	66 acres	Twin Falls District	KELLY MTNS
30 July 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Twin Falls District	HWY20MP168

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Bullion

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Doniphan: 24 past producers, 19 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 8 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Black Cinder	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Unknown
Black Cinder Mine	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	Vein
Burning Moscow-Fleming	Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect
Camas Mine	Gold, Silver, Uranium, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	1865, 1879
Camp Creek	Thorium, Zirconium, Uranium, REE	Prospect
Camp Creek Placer	Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Thorium, Uranium, REE	Occurrence	Placer
Champlain	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Croy Creek Deposit	Tungsten, Silica	Unknown
Happy Day	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Happy Day Mine	Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Blaine 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bullion	7.1 miles	10
Magic Resort	10.2 miles	10
Magic City	10.4 miles	10
Stanton Crossing	10.8 miles	10
Clarendon Hot Springs	10.9 miles	17
Broadford	11.6 miles	12
Hailey	11.7 miles	16
Bellevue	12.4 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397636. 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.