Fenn, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cottonwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83530. The Survey maps it on the Fenn quadrangle. It stands 3,274 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Fenn quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Fenn between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,262 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.1 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WHITETAIL DRIVE |
| 19 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 110 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | ALMOST |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | STEEP AND DEEP |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TOLO |
| 29 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TOLO |
| 26 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,066 acres | Craig Mountain Area Office | CANYON ROAD |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Craig Mountain Area Office | FENN |
| 31 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BOWMAN GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fenn: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camas Prairie Clay Deposit Cp - 1 Prospect | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Camas Prairie Clay Deposit Cp - 4 Prospect | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cottonwood Clay Occurrence 24 | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Cottonwood Clay Occurrence No. 25 Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit 107 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fenn in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fenn | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Fenn | - | Equipment at Fenn reported a 24 hours rainfall total of 0.93 inches. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Fenn | - | Rainfall of 0.78 inches was reporred at Fenn USFS ranger station. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Fenn | - | Weather spotter reported hail 1.25 inch in diameter near Fenn. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Fenn | - | Hail to 3/4 inch was reported by severe weather spotter in Fenn. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Grangeville | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cottonwood | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Greencreek | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Idaho | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Canfield | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Keuterville | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dryden | 12.3 miles | 8 |
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 Fenn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5443513 | 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 396482. 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.



