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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.

Emigrant Crossing within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

34 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burning160 acresBoise DistrictTHEDUMP
6 September 2019Natural40 acresBoise DistrictBENALK
3 September 1995Natural300 acresTwin Falls DistrictPRESLEY
2 September 2003Natural3.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictKINGSCROWN
9 August 1997Natural76 acresBoise DistrictALKALI
8 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use457 acresBoise DistrictSUGAR
7 August 1993Natural1.0 acresBoise DistrictTRAIL RES
5 August 2009Natural82 acresBoise DistrictTRAILS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Snake River PlacersGoldPast Producer1862
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Latty Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
StevensGeothermalProspect

Every working 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
King Hill5.3 miles17
Glenns Ferry6.5 miles13
Stout Crossing7.4 miles17
Hammett11.9 miles13
Reverse17.0 miles20
Dixie20.4 miles16
Mountain Home22.2 miles20
Reclamation Village22.5 miles16

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 Q122560274The 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.