BlockLemhi, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Leadore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83465. It stands on Little Sawmill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lemhi quadrangle. It stands 5,200 feet above sea level.
On record in Lemhi
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 1 record
- Lemhi Boarding School Girls Dormitorylisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Lemhi quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Leadore quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lemhi quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Lemhi between 1994 and 2015, burning about 240 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Salmon-Challis National Forest | RESERVOIR |
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | YEARIAN |
| 22 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 166 acres | Idaho Falls District | HAYDEN |
| 11 August 2013 | Natural | 68 acres | Idaho Falls District | ZEPH |
| 7 July 2007 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Idaho Falls District | NAPO |
| 1 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | LEMHI ASSIST 1 |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Lemhi: 11 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Thorium, Copper, Iron, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhorn Group | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Fishcan Mine | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Laketown Dolomite Occurrence | Dolomite | Occurrence | Dolomite | |
| Last Chance Prospect | Uranium, Thorium, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Little Chief Group | Gold, Thorium, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| McDevitt District | Copper, Gold | Producer | SHEAR ZONE | |
| Se Lemhi Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Viola Claim Group | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| Chief Tendoy Group | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Little Saw Mill Creek Iron Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lemhi in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Flood | Lemhi | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported three to four inches of water on portions of Highway 28 in areas between Lemhi and Leadore, with up to 12 inches of water flowing over Highway 28 near Lemhi. Precipitation amounts ranged between one to two inches in the area. Basement flooding and flooding of Macfarland Campground were reported. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lemhi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6521130 | 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 396781. 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.
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.