BlockKimama, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Richfield census division. The Survey maps it on the Kimama quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Kimama quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Kimama between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,259 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 71 acres | Twin Falls District | KIMAMA |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | RURAL ASSIST 8 |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 890 acres | Twin Falls District | K 3 |
| 12 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Lincoln County | WILDHORSE |
| 7 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.1 acres | Twin Falls District | HIWAY 24 MM35 |
| 7 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Twin Falls District | MM 39 |
| 31 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Twin Falls District | SPARROW |
| 28 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY24MP35 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396741. 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.