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Henry, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wayan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83276. It stands on Little Blackfoot River. The Survey maps it on the Henry quadrangle. It stands 6,139 feet above sea level.

Henry within Caribou County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Henry between 1992 and 2015, burning about 1,671 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 1992Natural145 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBLKFT RES
24 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBLACKFOOT RIVER
23 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictLONG VALL2
23 August 2002Natural15 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLONG VALLE
16 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use364 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFOX HILLS
26 July 2000Natural69 acresIdaho Falls DistrictENOCH
12 June 1992Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
29 May 2003Debris and open burning6.7 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLONG VALLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caribou County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Henry: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Henry North ContinuationPhosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, REE, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerBedded - Phosphate
Henry Phosphate MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, UraniumPast Producer1969, 1983
Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrenceSurface
Phosphate OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Caribou County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henry in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 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 2025Thunderstorm WindHenry-A 59 mph wind gust measured along Idaho 34 near the Blackfoot River.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHenry-A thunderstorm outflow wind of 66 mph measured on Idaho Highway 34 near Blackfoot River Rd.

Every storm recorded in Caribou 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
Wayan9.5 miles11
Old Williamsburg (historical)10.4 miles12
Meadowville10.6 miles13
Conda12.3 miles15
Williamsburg (historical)14.6 miles12
Soda Springs17.9 miles15
Hatch18.1 miles12
Chesterfield19.9 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.

Wikidata item Q114186102The 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 396646. 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.