BlockFairview, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the American Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83211. The Survey maps it on the American Falls quadrangle. It stands 4,393 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Power County | POWER COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 11 August 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | FAIRVIEW |
| 4 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | COW CANYON |
| 1 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | WHITMAN |
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 Fairview: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Fairview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29000291 | 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 376152. 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.