Juniper, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83342. It lies near Glen Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Juniper quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Juniper quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Juniper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,176 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Idaho Falls District | I84MP270 |
| 10 September 1994 | Natural | 20 acres | Idaho Falls District | JUNIPER |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 43 acres | Idaho Falls District | BANANA |
| 7 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | JUNIPER EA |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | APPLE |
| 3 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | SADDLE HORSE |
| 25 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | GLENCANYON |
| 23 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | JUNIPERVLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Juniper in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juniper | - | A 70 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust measured at interstate 84 Juniper site. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juniper | - | A 59 mph gust measured at Pilot Gold. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juniper | - | A 57 mph wind gust measured at the Juniper interchange ITD site. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Juniper | - | 4 to 8 feet of water rushed down normally dry streambeds and channels with Interstate 84 exit 263 underpass flooded. Water also flooded over several bridges, across roads and yards. A Juniper resident commented that this was the worse storm he had seen in 60 years. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Juniper | - | Golfball-size hail. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Juniper | - | Dime to Quarter-size hail accummulated 1 to 2 inches in Juniper area. Hail destroyed wheat crop in area, completely stripped leaves from trees, and broke a car windsheild and truck mirror. |
| August 1997 | Heavy Rain | Juniper | - | 1.9 inches of rain measured by storm spotter. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Juniper | - | Quarter to Golfball-size hail. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Juniper | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Juniper | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Pine | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Roy Summit | 14.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cedarhill | 14.9 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Stone | 17.4 miles | 9 | |
| Nelson (historical) | 17.4 miles | 9 | |
| Buist | 22.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ireland Springs | 25.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396724. 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.
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.



