Heman, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the St. Anthony census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83445. The Survey maps it on the Parker quadrangle.

Heman within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1948 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
1988 USGS Rexburg quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Heman between 1992 and 2012, burning about 151 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
20 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	RIVERBOTTOM
10 July 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	DUNES
26 June 1994	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	HENRY'S #4
26 June 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	ST.ANTHONY
13 June 1992	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	RED ROAD
6 May 2001	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	RAILROAD
30 May 1994	Debris and open burning	39 acres	Idaho Falls District	HENRY'S 3
11 May 1996	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	SALEM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont 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 Heman: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Parker Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heman in 1 storm report in 2025: 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
April 2025	Tornado (EFU)	Heman	-	The public submitted several photographs of a tornado touched down northwest of the St. Anthony Sand Dunes. It appeared to be a very weak tornado and no damage was found as the tornado was in an open field.

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Parker	2.1 miles	10
Egin	2.5 miles	10
Pyke	3.9 miles	10
Saint Anthony	6.1 miles	10
Wilford	7.0 miles	10
Teton	8.0 miles	10
Twin Groves	9.1 miles	10
Newdale	11.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396644. 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.