BlockLago, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Grace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83241. It lies near South Ant Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Thatcher quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Thatcher quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Thatcher quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lago between 1993 and 2020, burning about 335 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 27 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LAGO |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Caribou County | POLETHIEF CANYON |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TROUT CREEK |
| 5 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 280 acres | Idaho Falls District | ROCKY KNOL |
| 29 July 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 28 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | ANT CANYON |
| 24 July 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | W.THATCHER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lago in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lago | - | Three branches were downed from a cottonwood tree 4 miles north of Lago. The largest was 4 inches in diameter. |
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 397838. 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.
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.