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Marion, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Oakley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83346. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. It stands 4,475 feet above sea level.

Marion within Cassia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Marion between 1995 and 2020, burning about 352 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
Natural7
Debris and open burning2
Firearms and explosives use1
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
7 August 2007Debris and open burning98 acresIdaho Falls DistrictPRINCESS
6 August 2009Natural6.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSTAMPEDE
6 August 1995Natural15 acresTwin Falls DistrictWOODHOUSE
26 August 2010Firearms and explosives useunder an acreIdaho Falls District3 DOG FIRE
19 August 2020Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestMACKEY CANYON
28 July 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictIVERSONS
26 July 2011Recreation and ceremony222 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCOTTONWOOD CAVE
24 July 2017Natural1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCOWBOY SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Marion: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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
Brick and Tile Clay DepositClayUnknown
Rocky Mtn. QuarryStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Cassia County

Storms near this place

6 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marion in 6 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMarion-A 62 mph wind gust was recorded at the Cotton Ridge mesonet site.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMarion-A 77 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at the Cotton Ridge mesonet site.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindMarion-A 65 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at Cotton Ridge.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMarion-A 64 mph wind gust measured at Cotton Ridge.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMarion-A 64 mph wind gust measured at Cotton Ridge.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMarion-A 71 mph wind gust measured at the Cotton Ridge mesonet site.

Every storm recorded in Cassia 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
Trout2.5 miles9
Oakley3.4 miles10
Garrard Ranch5.2 miles8
Iversons5.4 miles8
Basin7.3 miles10
Kenyon9.2 miles9
North Kenyon10.4 miles9
Hazel (historical)10.5 miles9

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.

Wikipedia article on MarionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q121222113The 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 386465. 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.