BlockHill City, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83337. The Survey maps it on the Hill City quadrangle. It stands 5,098 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Camas Prairie quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camas Prairie quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hill City quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hill City between 1993 and 2017, burning about 8,932 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5,280 acres | Twin Falls District | COW CREEK |
| 29 July 1995 | Natural | 400 acres | Twin Falls District | NAF |
| 15 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY20 MM135 |
| 16 November 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 840 acres | Twin Falls District | HILLCITYNW |
| 22 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2,273 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | HILL CITY BLUES 2 |
| 16 October 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 112 acres | Twin Falls District | HILL CITY |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hill City: 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Stone, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Harrison | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Stone Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 Hill City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5762060 | 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 383196. 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.