BlockFingal, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Aberdeen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83210. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen quadrangle. It stands 4,403 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Aberdeen quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Fingal between 1996 and 2020, burning about 277 acres in total. 2 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 143 acres | Idaho Falls District | SPRINGFIEL |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | 64 acres | Idaho Falls District | BIG SKY |
| 11 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Idaho Falls District | STERLING |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Bingham County | WEST BANK |
| 23 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bingham County | THISTLE |
| 19 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | GUIDE |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.7 acres | Upper Snake Field Office | SPORTSMANS |
| 14 July 2014 | Natural | 29 acres | Idaho Falls District | STERLING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grandview | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sterling | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Springfield | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pingree | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| Coffee Point | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 19.3 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Hall | 20.2 miles | 12 |
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 Fingal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q121072304 | 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 396486. 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.