Emigrant Crossing, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Glenns Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83633. The Survey maps it on the Morrow Reservoir quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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
- 1958 USGS Bennett Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Morrow Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Emigrant Crossing between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54,440 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Boise District | THEDUMP |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | 40 acres | Boise District | BENALK |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | 300 acres | Twin Falls District | PRESLEY |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Twin Falls District | KINGSCROWN |
| 9 August 1997 | Natural | 76 acres | Boise District | ALKALI |
| 8 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 457 acres | Boise District | SUGAR |
| 7 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | TRAIL RES |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | 82 acres | Boise District | TRAILS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Emigrant Crossing: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Latty Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Stevens | Geothermal | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Hill | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Glenns Ferry | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stout Crossing | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hammett | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Reverse | 17.0 miles | 20 | |
| Dixie | 20.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain Home | 22.2 miles | 20 | |
| Reclamation Village | 22.5 miles | 16 |
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 Q122560274 | 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 396464. 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.







