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Greenwood, Idaho

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Eden-Hazelton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83335. The Survey maps it on the Milner quadrangle. It stands 4,393 feet above sea level.

Greenwood within Jerome County

On record in Greenwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,999 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning1

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
2 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCEDARPOINT
15 September 1995Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSCHODDE W
15 September 1995Arson/incendiarism200 acresTwin Falls DistrictSCHODDE N2
10 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBOATDOCKS
1 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictMCHENRY
9 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresTwin Falls DistrictCALDRON LINN
8 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLAKE MILNER
4 August 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictLONE WOLF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jerome County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Idaho Department of HigwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snake River PlacersGoldPast Producer1862
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Jerome 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
McHenry1.3 miles7
Schodde3.7 miles9
Hazelton4.8 miles8
Eden8.8 miles8
Hillsdale (historical)8.8 miles8
Hunt12.7 miles8
Tipperary Corner13.1 miles8
Perrine15.1 miles8

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 GreenwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q29000314The 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 376159. 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.