BlockMapleton, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Preston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83263. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mapleton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mapleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Mapleton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Mapleton between 1992 and 2017, burning about 893 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1994 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 20 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 249 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CUB RIVER |
| 2 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MAPLE CREEK |
| 16 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 6 July 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MAPLE SPRINGS II |
| 5 July 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MAPLE SPRINGS |
| 30 July 1992 | Natural | 60 acres | Idaho Falls District | N WESTON |
| 3 July 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MAPLE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mapleton: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphate Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | 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 386449. 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.