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Manson, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83276. It stands on Trail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fossil Canyon quadrangle.

Manson within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Manson between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,029 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
22 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1,016 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forest8 MILE
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBAILEY CREEK
22 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
12 August 2006Natural2.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestDIAMOND GULCH
12 August 2006Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestDIAMOND GULCH 2
1 August 2019Natural10 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestNORTH HILL
21 July 2010Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBAILEY CREEK
21 June 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestGEORGETOWN SUMMIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Manson: 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur. 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
Lloyd Ranch Sulfur Deposit No. 2SulfurPast Producer1901
Unnamed LocationSulfurProspect
Diamond Gulch Phosphate MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1960
Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrenceUnderground
San Francisco Chemical CompanyPhosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Unnamed LocationPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Novene6.8 miles14
Nounan6.8 miles14
Georgetown9.1 miles13
Wooleys10.1 miles14
Lindsayville10.5 miles14
Sharon15.2 miles13
Bennington15.5 miles13
Bern17.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396849. 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.