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Heise, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ririe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83443. It lies near Kelly Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Heise quadrangle.

Heise within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Heise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 615 acres in total. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
3 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestHIDDEN VISTA
29 September 2018Fireworks6.8 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHEISE
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined558 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBIRCH CREEK
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictRIVERSIDE
4 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictRIRIE BNCH
4 August 1992Smokingunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictKELLY
20 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictROCK CYN
2 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBUCKSKIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Heise: 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Gold. 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
Heise Gold PlacerGoldPast Producer1875
Elkhorn Warm SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Hawley Warm SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit, Bonneville CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit, Id Hwy DptSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit, Id Hwy DptSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wheeler Pit No 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heise in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHeise$5,000Emergency Management reported tree downed on vehicle on Kelly Canyon Rd with vehicle on fire.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHeise-A large tree was downed in the Heise area.
June 2011FloodHeise-The Snake River at Heise rose above flood stage of 8 feet on June 6th through the morning of June 8th peaking at 8.31 feet on June 8th. Lowland flooding occurred and the extended period of high flows caused erosion and structural concerns at the Archer Highway north Twin Bridge.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Ririe4.8 miles11
Rudy8.0 miles11
Labelle10.3 miles11
Lorenzo11.6 miles11
Rigby12.4 miles12
Annis14.6 miles12
Garfield14.8 miles12
Menan17.1 miles12

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 HeiseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48835615The 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 396641. 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.