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Glencoe, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83287. It lies near Williamson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Saint Charles quadrangle. It stands 5,975 feet above sea level.

Glencoe within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Glencoe between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony45
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCAMPER WORLD
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSADDUCEE SPRING
26 September 2010Natural1.5 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestWHITE PINE
2 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCRAB RIDGE
9 August 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestSADDUCCE
8 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestFISH HAVEN
4 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictFISH HAVEN 20
4 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestFISH HAVEN #19

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake 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 Glencoe: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, 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
Johnson Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSurface
Victoria No 1 ProspectLead, Copper, Barium-BariteProspectVein

Every working 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
Fish Haven1.9 miles14
Saint Charles7.2 miles14
Bear Lake Sands8.7 miles13
Lifton9.2 miles13
Bear Lake Hot Springs10.1 miles13
Turnpike10.3 miles13
Bloomington12.5 miles15
Paris14.9 miles15

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 GlencoeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q138001944The 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 399038. 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.