BlockKinport, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Bancroft census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83217. The Survey maps it on the Chesterfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1917 USGS Portneuf quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chesterfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Kinport between 1992 and 2016, burning about 979 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 134 acres | Idaho Falls District | KELLY CREEK |
| 21 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | HOBO |
| 17 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CHERRY |
| 10 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | PEBBLE |
| 20 July 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | MILL CREEK |
| 18 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 206 acres | Idaho Falls District | RAZOR RDG. |
| 13 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PETTICOAT |
| 1 April 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 180 acres | Idaho Falls District | CEMETARY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kinport: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Aluminum, Limestone, General, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City Dolomite | Stone, Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Portneuf | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Wonder Insulation Building Stone Quarry | Silica, Aluminum | Occurrence |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122590663 | The 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 396748. 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.