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Magic Resort, 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 83352. The Survey maps it on the Magic Reservoir West quadrangle.

Magic Resort within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Magic Resort between 1994 and 2020, burning about 21,836 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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 use16
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictRATTLESNAKE
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictMACON
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictHWY20MP175
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictMOONSTONE
12 September 1996Natural15 acresTwin Falls DistrictMAMMOTH
6 August 1996Natural7.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictWESTMAGIC
31 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use29 acresTwin Falls DistrictDITTO HILL
14 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictEASTMAGIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine 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 Magic Resort: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big JohnGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Big John ClaimsLead, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sunite Pumice MinePumicePast ProducerPumice
Sunite Pumice MinePumiceUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blaine 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Magic City1.4 miles10
Stanton Crossing5.1 miles10
Doniphan10.2 miles10
Gannett12.5 miles8
Bullion13.1 miles10
Broadford14.2 miles12
Bellevue14.2 miles12
Hailey16.8 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122595961The 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 396838. 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.