BlockHand Place, Idaho
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the West Salmon Falls census division. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Creek Reservoir quadrangle.
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
- 1977 USGS Cedar Creek Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Rogerson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hand Place between 1999 and 2013, burning about 687 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Boise District | 17SCHOOL |
| 18 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | CEDARCRRES |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 11 acres | Twin Falls District | SOUTH THREE CREEK |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 39 acres | Boise District | CEDAR CR 1 |
| 21 August 2010 | Natural | 17 acres | Twin Falls District | JERRYS RANCH |
| 19 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 588 acres | Boise District | CLARK SPR |
| 7 July 2013 | Natural | 11 acres | Twin Falls District | THREE MILE |
| 17 October 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Boise District | LITTLE HOU |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Jim Place | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bergstrom Place | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hoelzle Place | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| May Place | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Anderson Place | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Vosburg Place | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Threemile Crossing | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Rock House Place | 10.2 miles | 7 |
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 Q122594836 | 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 396608. 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.