Humphrey, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83423. It stands on Robbins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spencer North quadrangle. It stands 6,529 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Spencer North quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Humphrey between 1993 and 2015, burning about 18 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | HUMPHREY |
| 2 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BOATMAN |
| 18 September 2012 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CAMAS |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BEAVER CREEK |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | RAIL |
| 6 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BEAVER CANYON |
| 31 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.5 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BEAVER CREEK |
| 28 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | STODDARD CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Humphrey: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humphrey in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humphrey | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at Monida Pass on interstate 15. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humphrey | - | A thunderstorm outflow wind gust of 63 mph was measured at the Monida Pass ITD mesonet site. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Beaver | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Spencer | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Highbridge | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Kilgore | 19.0 miles | 9 | |
| Idmon | 19.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dubois | 21.5 miles | 8 | |
| Eighteenmile | 21.8 miles | 9 | |
| Jones Crossing | 27.7 miles | 9 |
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 Humphrey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14687082 | 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 397805. 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.



