Kimball, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Firth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83236. The Survey maps it on the Firth quadrangle.

Kimball within Bingham 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.

1955 USGS Firth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Kimball between 1994 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined	9
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
4 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17 acres	Idaho Falls District	HELLS HALF ACRE S
2 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	14 acres	Idaho Falls District	MILE 100
1 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	WEST PERGA
1 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	EAST PURGA
1 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	HADES
8 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Bingham County	BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 4
5 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	HELLS HALF ACRE
20 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	HAY BALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kimball: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Bingham 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
Wapello	2.7 miles	13
Firth	2.9 miles	10
Goshen Junction	3.2 miles	10
Basalt	4.1 miles	10
Rose	5.8 miles	10
Rising River	6.9 miles	10
Goshen	7.6 miles	11
McDonaldville	8.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396742. 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.