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.
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.
- Greenwood Schoollisted 2020 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Milner quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Milner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | CEDARPOINT |
| 15 September 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Twin Falls District | SCHODDE W |
| 15 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Twin Falls District | SCHODDE N2 |
| 10 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | BOATDOCKS |
| 1 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | MCHENRY |
| 9 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Twin Falls District | CALDRON LINN |
| 8 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | LAKE MILNER |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | LONE WOLF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Department of Higways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McHenry | 1.3 miles | 7 | |
| Schodde | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hazelton | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Eden | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hillsdale (historical) | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hunt | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tipperary Corner | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Perrine | 15.1 miles | 8 |
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 Greenwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29000314 | 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 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.



