BlockGrant, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Lewisville-Menan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83442. The Survey maps it on the Lewisville quadrangle. It stands 4,790 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Lewisville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Lewisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Roberts quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Circular Butte quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 1997 and 2010, burning about 57 acres in total. None 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 | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Idaho Falls District | RIVER ROAD |
| 16 October 1997 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Idaho Falls District | LEWISVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Grant: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Bonneville Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Bonneville Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tyler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 Grant | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16891854 | 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 372901. 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.