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Knowlton Heights, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Huston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83607. It lies near Pickle Butte. The Survey maps it on the Marsing quadrangle.

Knowlton Heights within Canyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Knowlton Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 582 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined12
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1
Natural1

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
16 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined107 acresBoise DistrictPICKLE
22 August 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeY66 BLDG
21 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresBoise DistrictCENTRLCOVE
8 July 2002Natural7.0 acresBoise DistrictDILLPICKLE
5 July 1994Fireworksunder an acreDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeSEVEN
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeDAM
28 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use66 acresBoise DistrictMM4 HWY78
2 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictMURPH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Knowlton Heights: 10 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Marsing ClayClayProducer
Rock Tepe MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsProspectCinders
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsUnknown
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Canyon 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
Riverside3.0 miles13
Sunnyslope3.2 miles13
Huston4.5 miles13
Central Cove6.4 miles13
Underkoflers Corner7.4 miles13
Weitz8.6 miles13
Doles8.6 miles13
Simplot8.8 miles13

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 Q122562795The 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 376164. 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.