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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.

Geneva within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined710 acresRock Springs Field OfficeRAYMOND MT
23 September 2011Naturalunder an acreKemmerer Field OfficeSHALE HOLLOW
26 July 1994Natural460 acresIdaho Falls DistrictGENEVA
17 July 2002Natural42 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestRED MOUNTAIN
30 June 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
20 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined83 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBISCHOFF
16 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDRY CREEK
4 November 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestGENEVA SUMMIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownUraniumOccurrenceStratabound
UnknownPhosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bear Lake County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A 61 mph thunderstorm outflow wind recorded at the Geneva Summit mesonet station on US Highway 89.
May 2016HailGeneva-One inch hail in Geneva.

Every storm recorded in Bear Lake 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Raymond5.8 miles12
Giveout6.5 miles12
Alton10.1 miles12
Border12.1 miles13
Chausse12.3 miles13
Montpelier12.6 miles13
Harer13.0 miles12
Wardboro13.3 miles13

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 GenevaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5532960The 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.