Heglar, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Albion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83211. It lies near North Heglar Canyon. The Survey maps it on the South Chapin Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sublett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS South Chapin Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Heglar between 1992 and 2018, burning about 15,394 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1992 | Natural | 1,920 acres | Idaho Falls District | HEGLAR CYN |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | CALDERCK1 |
| 6 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.4 acres | Twin Falls District | NCHAPMAN |
| 6 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | NCHAPMAN2 |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | SINGLETREE |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 56 acres | Twin Falls District | HEGLAR |
| 20 August 2001 | Natural | 54 acres | Twin Falls District | I84MP239 |
| 20 August 2001 | Natural | 8.6 acres | Twin Falls District | CHAPINMTN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Heglar: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crushed Rock Pit--Burley Hwy Dist | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heglar in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heglar | - | A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Raft River RAWS site. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Heglar | - | Significant flash flooding occurred across a gravel road, and water was overtopping a small bridge along a paved road in the area of S 2950 E and Heglar Canyon Road west northwest of Heglar. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heglar | - | Raft River mesonet recorded 67 mph wind gust. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heglar | - | A 79 mph wind gust measured by public on Yale Road just south of 400 N. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Heglar | - | Dime to Quarter-size hail severly damaged crops. Farmers estimated up to 70 percent wheat damage in Idahome area. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Heglar | - | Spotter reported dime-size hail and 0.70 inch of rain. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Heglar | - | 6 to 8 feet of water rushed down Heglar Canyon damaging Heglar Canyon Road in several locations. Water flooded over one bridge. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Heglar | - | Chapin Road was damaged by 1 to 3 feet of water which flooded down the normally dry stream channel next to the road. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Heglar | - | The hail lasted 30 minutes with two inches of accumulation. This was the most hail the weather spotter had seen in 25 years. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Heglar | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Heglar | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raft River | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sublett | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Tipton (historical) | 13.3 miles | 10 | |
| Idahome | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Malta | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cotterel | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Keogh | 19.9 miles | 8 | |
| Conant | 21.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q122543243 | 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 376161. 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.




