Keenan City, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83285. It stands on City Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Elk Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Keenan City within Bonneville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1932 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:125000
1932 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:96000
1935 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Big Elk Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Palisades quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Keenan City (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 233 acres in total. 11 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	11
Recreation and ceremony	4
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	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 2018	Natural	10 acres	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	DELLA BASIN
29 September 1996	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	BROCKMAN
3 August 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	DELLA BASIN
29 August 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	not named
26 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	LITTLE ELK
2 August 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	MCCOY CREEK
18 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	not named
17 August 1996	Natural	under an acre	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	CAMP CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonneville County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Keenan City (historical): 15 occurrences, 14 past producers, 14 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Uranium, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Bilk Gulch Placer	Gold, Platinum	Past Producer	1870
Caribou Mountain Feldspar Occurrence	Feldspar, Zirconium	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Iron Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
Mount Pisgah, Caribou Mtn	Gold, Silver, Copper	Producer	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
North Fork of Eagle Creek Lode	Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Robinson Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	1877
Uranium Sampling Locality 38	Uranium, Coal, Molybdenum, Germanium	Occurrence	1952
Uranium Sampling Locality 39	Uranium, Molybdenum, Coal, Germanium	Occurrence	1952
Bell Boy	Gold, Copper	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Bonneville 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
Caribou City (historical)	4.8 miles	16
Herman	4.8 miles	15
Gray	6.6 miles	14
Palisades	15.9 miles	16
Irwin	18.6 miles	16
Swan Valley	21.8 miles	16
Dehlin	25.8 miles	13
Bone	26.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396732. 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.