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Howe, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Howe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83244. The Survey maps it on the Howe quadrangle. It stands 4,829 feet above sea level.

Howe within Butte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Howe between 1996 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
12 September 1996Smokingunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictHOWE
5 June 2020Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestJUMP OFF
24 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRAGE
16 October 2012Other causes18 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHOWE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Howe: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper. 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
Hamilton DistrictSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperProducerREPLACEMENT

Every working recorded in Butte County

Storms near this place

58 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howe in 58 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 48 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
March 2018FloodHowe$75,000Extensive sheet flooding caused extensive damage to county roads.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindHowe-The Specific Manufacturing INL mesonet site recorded a 67 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust measured 8 miles northwest of Howe at the S-C Portable #3 RAWS mesonet.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-Mesonet station BAS Base of Howe Peak recorded a 61 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-Mesonet station SAN 12 recorded a 66 mph wind gust 12 miles east of Howe.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 59 mph wind gust measured at LOF INL Specific Manufacturing site.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 63 mph wind gust recorded at NRF INL Naval Reactors Facility.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 66 mph wind gust recorded at LOF INL Specific Manufacturing site.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 59 mph wind gust recorded at the Base of Howe Peak mesonet site.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-The INL Specific Manufacturing mesonet site recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at the Howe Peak mesonet station.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHowe-The LOF INL Specific Manufacturing mesonet site measured a 61 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHowe-The Sand Dunes mesonet station measured a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHowe-Mesonet station HOW measured a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHowe-The Sand Dunes mesonet site measured a 59 mph wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHowe-The Naval Reactors Facility mesonet site measured a 62 mph wind gust.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHowe-The Sand Dunes mesonet site recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 65 mph wind gust measured at Big Southern Butte.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHowe-INL Puzzle RWIS station ITD95 recorded a 59 mph wind gust.
August 2024HailHowe-Quarter sized hail reported at Idaho National Laboratory with some accumulation on the ground.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHowe-A wind gust of 66 mph measured at base of Howe Peak.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 72 mph wind gust measured by mesonet site at base of Howe Peak.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHowe-The Sand Dunes mesonet site measured a 58 mph wind gust.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHowe-Mesonet site BAS at base of Howe Peak recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind was measured at the INL Specific Manufacturing site.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHowe-INL Naval Reactor mesonet site measured a 58 mph wind gust.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 65 mph wind gust measured at the base of Howe Peak.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 61 mph gust measured at Sand Dunes.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 59 mph wind gust was measured 10 miles south southwest of Howe.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 66 mph wind gust measured at the Sand Dunes ARL site.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 63 mph wind gust south southeast of Howe.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 70 mph wind gust was measured 7 miles south of Howe at the ARL Station.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHowe-A 68 mph wind gust measured at ARL station Sand Dunes east of Howe.
August 2014Heavy RainHowe-Farmers and ranchers in Butte County were declared by the USDA to qualify for natural disaster assistance due to crop damage from heavy August rains. Eastern Idaho barley crop damage was estimated at 64 million dollars with a portion of that in Butte County.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHowe-The ARL Rover site measured a 64 mph wind gust in a thunderstorm.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHowe-A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at the base of Howe Peak.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHowe-Trained spotter measured 67 mph wind gust near Howe.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHowe-Sixty-five mph wind gust at the Scientific Manufactured Capability Mesonet.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHowe-Seventy-two mph wind gust at Critical Infrastructure Complex.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHowe-Sand Dunes mesonet site recorded 67 mph wind gust.
October 2006Tornado (F0)Howe-Tornado entered extreme southeast Butte County from Bingham County and was over open land picking up sage brush before lifting and dissipating.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHowe-Electrical power outage east of Howe.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindHowe-Power lines blown down with power outages in Howe.
May 1997HailHowe-Golfball-size hail
September 2021Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
June 2009HailHowe-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
September 2000HailHowe-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
May 1997HailHowe-no account filed
May 1997HailHowe-no account filed
June 1996HailHowe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butte 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
Berenice3.5 miles9
Sweet Sage (historical)5.1 miles9
Butte City17.5 miles9
Arco18.7 miles9
Moore19.5 miles9
Lost River20.5 miles9
Scoville20.9 miles9
Darlington21.8 miles10

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 HoweAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5921492The 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 383478. 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.