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Marsh Valley, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Bannock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83234. It stands on Peck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arimo quadrangle.

Marsh Valley within Bannock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Marsh Valley between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,651 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSMITH
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use11 acresIdaho Falls DistrictARIMO
26 September 1993Debris and open burning150 acresIdaho Falls DistrictWIREGRASS
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined117 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSMITH CANYON
10 September 2012Natural120 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHOG HOLLOW
29 August 1994Natural39 acresIdaho Falls DistrictARKANSAS
27 August 1998Natural5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDAVIS CNYN
27 August 1997Debris and open burning60 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFLAGS WEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Marsh Valley: 17 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gravel PitStonePast Producer
Jack R Parsons Construction Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bannock County Engineer Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bannock 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
Virginia1.7 miles10
Arimo3.0 miles10
Cambridge5.1 miles10
Robin6.3 miles10
Downey6.4 miles10
Topaz (historical)8.4 miles9
McCammon9.4 miles10
Downata Hot Springs9.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399135. 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.