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Gwenford, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malad City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83252. The Survey maps it on the Malad City West quadrangle.

Gwenford within Oneida County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Gwenford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,433 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 August 1998Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestTORO
5 August 2010Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSQUIRREL TOWN
30 August 1992Natural115 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMADSEN
17 August 1999Arson/incendiarism687 acresIdaho Falls DistrictNORTH CNYN
10 August 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSAMARIA
1 August 1996Natural1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSAMARIA #1
28 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictQUINCY
25 July 2020Natural370 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSAMARIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gwenford: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pleasantview Warm SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida 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
Samaria1.3 miles9
Pleasantview1.4 miles9
Malad City5.7 miles9
Saint Johns5.7 miles9
Cherry Creek6.0 miles10
Holbrook Summit6.8 miles9
Ireland Springs9.0 miles9
Woodruff9.2 miles10

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 Q122550614The 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 382783. 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.