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Gray, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83285. It stands on Eagle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bear Island quadrangle.

Gray within Bonneville 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Gray between 1992 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 2014Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictEAGLE CREEK
18 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
7 July 2000Natural1.0 acresGrays Lake National Wildlife RefugeNE GRAYS
7 July 2000Natural4.0 acresGrays Lake National Wildlife RefugeSW GRAYS
25 July 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrays Lake National Wildlife RefugeHAYFIELD
24 July 2018Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestGRAYS LAKE
16 July 2019Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestWILLOW CREEK
17 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrays Lake National Wildlife RefugeMANN CABIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonneville County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Gray: 12 prospects, 11 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron. 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
Caribou Mountain Feldspar OccurrenceFeldspar, ZirconiumOccurrence
Gravel Pit, Bonneville CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Mount Pisgah, Caribou MtnGold, Silver, CopperProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
North Fork of Eagle Creek LodeGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Robinson MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer1877
Bell BoyGold, CopperOccurrence
Evergreen MineGold, CopperProspect
OskaloosaGold, CopperOccurrence
Austin MineGoldPast Producer1877

Every working recorded in Bonneville County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gray in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGray-Dale Bitner site measured a 61 mph wind gust.
June 2015HailGray-One and three-quarter inch sized hail reported 4 miles north of Wayan.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGray-Sixty mph wind gust from thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Bonneville 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
Keenan City (historical)6.6 miles16
Herman6.8 miles15
Caribou City (historical)7.1 miles16
Palisades22.5 miles16
Irwin25.1 miles16
Swan Valley28.1 miles16
Bone28.5 miles12
Dehlin29.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 393867. 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.