BlockLamont, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ashton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83420. The Survey maps it on the Lamont quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lamont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Rexburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lamont between 2000 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BITCH CREEK |
| 15 August 2000 | Natural | 31 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CONANT ASSIST |
| 26 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CONANT CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lamont: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Squirrel | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Drummond | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Greentimber (historical) | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Grainville | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Farnum | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Warm River | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Marysville | 12.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396764. 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.