Hammett, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Glenns Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83627. The Survey maps it on the Hammett quadrangle. 332 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,536 feet above sea level.
On record in Hammett
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 1 record
- Hammett Schoollisted 2024
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1947 USGS Hammett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Glenns Ferry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hammett quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Glenns Ferry quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Glenns Ferry quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Hammett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Hammett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27,852 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Firearms and explosives use | 43 acres | Boise District | SIMPKINS |
| 22 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Boise District | MEDBURYHIL |
| 2 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Boise District | MP112I84 |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | MP107 I84 |
| 16 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boise District | MM108 I84 |
| 16 September 2012 | Firearms and explosives use | 161 acres | Boise District | HAMM |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Boise District | MP116 2I84 |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | WASH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hammett: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Titanium, Platinum, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank E. Wilson Ranch | Gold, Titanium, Platinum | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Old Resort | Geothermal | Prospect | ||
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| St. Pit El8 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammett in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Hammett | - | A photo of a tornado was posted on social media . The location is based on an interview with the spotter and the associated radar couplet. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammett | - | Idaho Power reported outages from thunderstorm winds around the Hammett area and near Mountain Home AFB. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenns Ferry | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Reverse | 9.3 miles | 20 | |
| Emigrant Crossing | 11.9 miles | 17 | |
| King Hill | 14.5 miles | 17 | |
| Stout Crossing | 16.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain Home | 17.6 miles | 20 | |
| Sebree | 23.9 miles | 18 | |
| Dixie | 25.6 miles | 16 |
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 Hammett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5645790 | 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 372973. 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.







