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King Hill, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Glenns Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83633. It stands on Clover Creek. The Survey maps it on the King Hill quadrangle. It stands 2,536 feet above sea level.

King Hill within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of King Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,113 acres in total. 14 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
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Debris and open burning160 acresBoise DistrictTHEDUMP
3 September 1995Natural4.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictWTRMELON
3 September 1995Natural300 acresTwin Falls DistrictPRESLEY
28 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictRRMP361 7
23 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictRRMP362 4
23 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictRRMP362 75
23 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance8.9 acresTwin Falls DistrictRRMP363 8
23 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance57 acresTwin Falls DistrictRRMP364 8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of King Hill: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Titanium, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Diatomite MineDiatomite, ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Snake River PlacerGold, Titanium, PlatinumPast ProducerStream Placer
Tyceska Gold Mining Co.Gold, Titanium, PlatinumPast ProducerStream Placer
Dodge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
King HillGeothermalProspect
Sand BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Snake River PlacersGoldPast Producer1862

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

4 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names King Hill in 4 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKing Hill-Deer Haven RAWS recorded a gust of 50 knots associated with a thunderstorm outflow.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKing Hill-The mesonet station at Deer Haven measured a strong wind gust from the thunderstorm outflow.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKing Hill-Large tree branches fell down, a motorhome was flipped, power poles were down, and outdoor structures were damaged from strong thunderstorm outflow winds.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindKing Hill-The Deer Haven RAWS measured very strong wind from a thunderstorm outflow boundary.

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Emigrant Crossing5.3 miles17
Glenns Ferry6.2 miles13
Stout Crossing11.8 miles17
Hammett14.5 miles13
Reverse21.4 miles20
Dixie25.2 miles16
Mountain Home27.3 miles20
Reclamation Village27.4 miles16

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 King HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6411712The 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 396744. 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.