Gannett, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hailey-Bellevue census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83313. The Survey maps it on the Gannett quadrangle.

Gannett within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Gannett quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Gannett between 1993 and 2013, burning about 16,241 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	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
18 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	750 acres	Twin Falls District	GANNETT
16 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	120 acres	Twin Falls District	GANNETT
27 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14,869 acres	Twin Falls District	NATURE
24 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Twin Falls District	PICABO
21 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Twin Falls District	RURAL ASSIST 8
2 June 2013	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Twin Falls District	R AND R
4 October 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	482 acres	Twin Falls District	GANNETT RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gannett: 2 past producers. 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
	Blaine County	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Mike Ivie Construction	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gannett in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 wildfire. 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
September 2003	Wildfire	Gannett	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Leduc (historical)	6.2 miles	7
Picabo	6.8 miles	7
Stanton Crossing	7.6 miles	10
Bellevue	8.4 miles	12
Broadford	9.4 miles	12
Magic City	11.1 miles	10
Magic Resort	12.5 miles	10
Carey	12.8 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397729. 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.