Geneva, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montpelier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83238. It lies near Surnge Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle. It stands 6,178 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Geneva between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,301 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 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 710 acres | Rock Springs Field Office | RAYMOND MT |
| 23 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Kemmerer Field Office | SHALE HOLLOW |
| 26 July 1994 | Natural | 460 acres | Idaho Falls District | GENEVA |
| 17 July 2002 | Natural | 42 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | RED MOUNTAIN |
| 30 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 20 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 83 acres | Idaho Falls District | BISCHOFF |
| 16 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | DRY CREEK |
| 4 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | GENEVA SUMMIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Geneva: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Unknown | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 1 hail, 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | - | A 61 mph thunderstorm outflow wind recorded at the Geneva Summit mesonet station on US Highway 89. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Geneva | - | One inch hail in Geneva. |
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.
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 Geneva | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5532960 | 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 396540. 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.






