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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1914 USGS Henry quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Henry quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Henry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Henry quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1992 | Natural | 145 acres | Idaho Falls District | BLKFT RES |
| 24 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | BLACKFOOT RIVER |
| 23 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | LONG VALL2 |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | 15 acres | Idaho Falls District | LONG VALLE |
| 16 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 364 acres | Idaho Falls District | FOX HILLS |
| 26 July 2000 | Natural | 69 acres | Idaho Falls District | ENOCH |
| 12 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 29 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 6.7 acres | Idaho Falls District | LONG VALLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry North Continuation | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Bedded - Phosphate | |
| Henry Phosphate Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium | Past Producer | 1969, 1983 | |
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Phosphate Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayan | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Old Williamsburg (historical) | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Meadowville | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Conda | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Williamsburg (historical) | 14.6 miles | 12 | |
| Soda Springs | 17.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hatch | 18.1 miles | 12 | |
| Chesterfield | 19.9 miles | 12 |
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 Q114186102 | 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 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.







