Lifton, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montpelier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83233. The Survey maps it on the Bear Lake North quadrangle.

Lifton within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Bear Lake North quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Bear Lake North quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lifton between 1992 and 2008, burning about 3,098 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Smoking	2
Natural	1
Fireworks	1
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
2 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	97 acres	Idaho Falls District	MERKLEY
2 September 1992	Smoking	150 acres	Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge	MERKLEY
7 August 1998	Natural	1.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	BEAR LAKE
3 August 1996	Fireworks	5.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	MERKLEY #2
2 August 1996	Arson/incendiarism	600 acres	Idaho Falls District	MERKLEY
12 July 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge	NORTH BEACH
11 July 1994	Arson/incendiarism	2,190 acres	Idaho Falls District	MERKLEY
11 July 1994	Smoking	30 acres	Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge	N MERKLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lifton: 8 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Geothermal, Rhenium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bear Lake Hot Spring	Geothermal	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Rhenium	Occurrence
Hot Springs Deposits	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Prospect	Bedded - Phosphate
Hots Springs Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence	Underground
Unnamed Location	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Bear Lake County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bear Lake Hot Springs	2.7 miles	13
Turnpike	2.8 miles	13
Saint Charles	4.1 miles	14
Bear Lake Sands	5.9 miles	13
Bloomington	6.6 miles	15
Dingle	7.1 miles	13
Fish Haven	7.4 miles	14
Paris	8.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396794. 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.