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Gerrit, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Island Park census division. It lies near Trail Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Snake River Butte quadrangle.

Gerrit within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Gerrit between 1992 and 2017, burning about 111 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSHEEP
3 September 1994Natural40 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
3 September 1994Natural1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
15 September 1992Natural53 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
1 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCALDERA
1 September 1996Natural3.5 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestMOOSE II
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSNAKE
29 August 1996Natural8.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestPOLE BRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gerrit: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Pineview5.8 miles10
Warm River7.0 miles11
Eccles8.3 miles10
Greentimber (historical)8.5 miles11
Marysville12.3 miles11
Squirrel12.6 miles11
Last Chance12.9 miles11
Lodi (historical)13.0 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122567328The 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 397736. 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.