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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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
- 1969 USGS St Charles quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Saint Charles quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 45 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CAMPER WORLD |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SADDUCEE SPRING |
| 26 September 2010 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | WHITE PINE |
| 2 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | CRAB RIDGE |
| 9 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SADDUCCE |
| 8 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | FISH HAVEN |
| 4 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | FISH HAVEN 20 |
| 4 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | FISH HAVEN #19 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Ready Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface | |
| Victoria No 1 Prospect | Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite | Prospect | Vein |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Haven | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Charles | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bear Lake Sands | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lifton | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bear Lake Hot Springs | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Turnpike | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bloomington | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Paris | 14.9 miles | 15 |
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 Glencoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q138001944 | 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 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.







