BlockLake, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Island Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83429. The Survey maps it on the Targhee Peak quadrangle. It stands 6,532 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Joseph Sherwood House and Storelisted 1994 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Henrys Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Targhee Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hebgen Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Targhee Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Lake between 1996 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | HUNTER |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SUNSET |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | RAYNOLDS |
| 3 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TARGHEE CREEK |
| 15 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SQUAW |
| 12 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LION HEAD |
| 1 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | RED |
| 27 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | MILE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lake: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Talc-Soapstone, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Iron Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Talc Occurrence | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Tick Heaven Talc Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staley Springs | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Flat Rock | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Big Springs | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rea | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Trude | 14.4 miles | 11 | |
| Island Park | 16.8 miles | 11 | |
| Box Canyon | 19.9 miles | 11 | |
| Last Chance | 20.7 miles | 11 |
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 Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6474594 | 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 397840. 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.