Flat Rock, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Island Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83429. The Survey maps it on the Big Springs quadrangle. It stands 6,375 feet above sea level.
On record in Flat Rock
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Eleanor Albaugh Cabinlisted 2020 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Big Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Henrys Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hebgen Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Flat Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BIG SPRINGS |
| 24 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SAWTELL CREEK |
| 11 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BOOT |
| 7 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BIG SPRINGS |
| 5 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | RANCHO MCCREE |
| 4 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MOOSE |
| 27 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | DUMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Flat Rock: 11 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trude | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Big Springs | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Island Park | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rea | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Box Canyon | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Last Chance | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lake | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Eccles | 12.1 miles | 10 |
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 Flat Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q92997666 | 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 399485. 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.





