BlockLidy Hot Springs, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83423. The Survey maps it on the Lidy Hot Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1958 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Lidy Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lidy Hot Springs between 1995 and 2001, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Idaho Falls District | BLUECREEKN |
| 31 July 1995 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | WINSPER |
| 10 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | LIDDY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lidy Hot Springs: 7 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Geothermal, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonite Occurrence | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Birch Creek | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lidy Hot Springs Limestone | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Lidy Hot Springs Occurrence | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Bentonite Occurrence | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Bentonite Occurrence | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Lidy Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Thermal Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winsper | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dubois | 17.2 miles | 8 | |
| Jones Crossing | 17.7 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Dome | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kaufman (historical) | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Pine | 20.8 miles | 8 | |
| Highbridge | 20.9 miles | 8 | |
| Spencer | 25.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 395895. 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.