Hillsdale, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1964. It stands in the Eden-Hazelton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83325. It lies near Skeleton Butte. The Survey maps it on the Eden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hillsdale within Jerome County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Hillsdale (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,638 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	5
Arson/incendiarism	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Fireworks	1
Debris and open burning	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
25 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	872 acres	Twin Falls District	HWY25MM17
14 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Twin Falls District	OASIS
13 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Twin Falls District	EDEN
24 August 1999	Natural	1.5 acres	Twin Falls District	GOOSELAKE
22 August 2005	Natural	12 acres	Twin Falls District	HWY25 MM16
20 August 1996	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	Twin Falls District	GOOSE
2 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Twin Falls District	OASIS
19 August 1997	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Twin Falls District	HANSENNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jerome County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hillsdale (historical): 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Volcanic Materials, Iron, Chromium. 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	Recorded
Eden Butte Cinder Deposit	Pumice, Volcanic Materials	Producer	Cinders
Snake River Placer Deposits	Gold, Iron, Chromium	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Murtaugh Placer Deposit	Gold	Past Producer	1862
Snake River Placers	Gold	Past Producer	1862
Snake River Placers	Gold	Past Producer	1862
Unnamed Location	Gold	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Jerome 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
Eden	2.1 miles	8
Tipperary Corner	4.3 miles	8
Hazelton	4.5 miles	8
Hunt	7.3 miles	8
Perrine	7.6 miles	8
McHenry	8.8 miles	7
Greenwood	8.8 miles	7
Sugar Loaf	11.3 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399069. 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.