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Felt, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Tetonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83424. The Survey maps it on the Tetonia quadrangle. It stands 6,037 feet above sea level.

Felt within Teton 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Felt between 1995 and 2002, burning about 94 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestBROOKS
1 September 2002Recreation and ceremony93 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFELT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Felt: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Scandium. 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
Gravel PitScandiumPast Producer
Pumice DepositPumicePast ProducerPumice
Pumice DepositPumicePast ProducerPumice
Pumice DepositPumicePast ProducerPumice
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Teton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Felt in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindFelt$5,000Multiple trees reported downed in Felt.
June 2011Flash FloodFelt$2,000Heavy rain on top of snowmelt caused Badger Crerek to flood causing damage to County Road 10000 North. It was closed for several weeks.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindFelt-Private weather station recorded 59 mph gust.

Every storm recorded in Teton 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
Haden (historical)3.3 miles10
Judkins3.8 miles9
Tetonia4.2 miles10
Cache6.0 miles10
Clawson6.5 miles10
Twin Forks9.7 miles13
Clementsville9.8 miles9
Driggs11.0 miles13

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 FeltAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5442628The 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 397700. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.