Eccles, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Island Park census division. It stands on Eccles Butte. The Survey maps it on the Hatchery Butte quadrangle.
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.
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hatchery Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Eccles between 1992 and 2019, burning about 649 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2015 | Natural | 581 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | PARTRIDGE |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 40 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SURVEY |
| 2 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CAMPERS |
| 16 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | ECCLES |
| 10 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | ECCLES |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | RIPLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineview | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Last Chance | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Box Canyon | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Island Park | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Gerrit | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Trude | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Big Springs | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Flat Rock | 12.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396439. 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.




