BlockMay, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Patterson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83253. The Survey maps it on the May quadrangle. It stands 5,069 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS May quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Leadore quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS May quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of May between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | TATER TOP |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | TATER |
| 28 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | not named |
| 24 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | LIT MORGAN |
| 14 July 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Salmon-Challis National Forest | MAY MOUNTAIN |
| 20 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | SPRING GULCH |
| 5 October 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | TATER |
| 3 October 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | HUNTER |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of May: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Uranium Deposits | Uranium, Coal | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Nest Egg | Uranium | Prospect |
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.
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 May | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6796218 | The 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 386551. 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.