BlockLone Rock, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the American Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83211. It lies near Paps Mountain. The Survey maps it on the American Falls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Lone Rock between 1996 and 2020, burning about 10,112 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 85 acres | Idaho Falls District | SUNBEAM |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 294 acres | Idaho Falls District | INDIAN |
| 8 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | NEELY |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Power County | POWER COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 1,743 acres | Idaho Falls District | GARDEN |
| 17 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Idaho Falls District | POWER COUNTY ASSIST 4 |
| 27 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,831 acres | Idaho Falls District | NEIBAUR |
| 23 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Idaho Falls District | POWER COUNTY ASSIST 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lone Rock: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Geothermal, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite, Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Big Bend | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Geothermal Location 8S-31E-17 | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Juniper Hill Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | 1931 | |
| Juniper Hills Mining Co. | Mercury | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 376168. 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.