Magic City, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hailey-Bellevue census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83313. The Survey maps it on the Magic Reservoir East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bellevue quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Magic Reservoir East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Magic City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 21,844 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | RATTLESNAKE |
| 29 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY20MP175 |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Twin Falls District | MOONSTONE |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Twin Falls District | MAMMOTH |
| 6 August 1996 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Twin Falls District | WESTMAGIC |
| 31 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Twin Falls District | DITTO HILL |
| 14 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Twin Falls District | EASTMAGIC |
| 14 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY20 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Magic City: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big John | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Big John Claims | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Dead Sheep Creek | Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Mattair-Powell Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sunite Pumice Mine | Pumice | Past Producer | Pumice | |
| Sunite Pumice Mine | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magic City in 1 storm report in 2017: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flood | Magic City | - | Continued releases from Magic Reservoir closed West Magic Road due to flooding on the 1st and 2nd and only short openings on the 3rd through the 5th to allow residents of West Magic Village to get to work. By the end of the first week of April residents had open travel access to the West Magic Village. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Resort | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Stanton Crossing | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Doniphan | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Gannett | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bullion | 12.6 miles | 10 | |
| Broadford | 13.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bellevue | 13.2 miles | 12 | |
| Picabo | 15.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396837. 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.




