BlockGuyaz, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83442. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Pine Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1924 USGS Hell Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Hell Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lone Pine Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Palisades quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Guyaz between 1993 and 2013, burning about 5,045 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 7.2 acres | Idaho Falls District | INDIAN FORK |
| 26 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 987 acres | Idaho Falls District | MEADOW CREEK |
| 26 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 acres | Idaho Falls District | MEADOW CREEK |
| 22 July 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,782 acres | Idaho Falls District | BLACKTAIL |
| 22 July 2002 | Natural | 83 acres | Idaho Falls District | RITTER |
| 18 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | BLACKTAIL2 |
| 6 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | FINGER |
| 20 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1,911 acres | Idaho Falls District | MEADOW CR |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Guyaz: 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Uranium, Coal, Uranium, Coal, Molybdenum, Germanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinson Coal Prospect | Uranium, Coal | Occurrence | 1900 | |
| Nitrate | Nitrogen-Nitrates, Sodium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Sample Locality 2 | Uranium, Coal, Molybdenum, Germanium | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Meadow Creek - Call Dugway Occurrance | Pumice | Occurrence | Pumice | |
| Unnamed Location | Pumice | Occurrence |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540100 | 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 396600. 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.