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Hawley, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Carey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83350. The Survey maps it on the Lake Walcott West quadrangle.

Hawley within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Hawley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 31,931 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,759 acresIdaho Falls DistrictPOINT WELL
12 September 2001Natural5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictUPRRMM265
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,882 acresCraters of the Moon National Monument and PreserveWHISKEY
9 August 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictHAWLEY
8 August 2006Natural149 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHOLLY
7 August 1997Natural50 acresTwin Falls DistrictHAWLEY 4N
6 August 1999Debris and open burning112 acresTwin Falls DistrictUPRRMP265
5 August 2009Natural14 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHAWLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine 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 Hawley: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum. 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
MinidokaGold, PlatinumPast ProducerStream Placer
General Grant PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Idaho PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Snake River PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawley in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHawley-A 62 mph wind gust measured at the Hawley Union Pacific mesonet site.

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
DeWoff7.4 miles9
Smith Springs8.0 miles9
Wapi11.4 miles10
Cream Can Junction14.1 miles8
Tikura46.6 miles9
Carey49.1 miles9
Picabo53.1 miles7
Leduc (historical)54.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396628. 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.