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Mayfield, Idaho

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Mountain Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83716. The Survey maps it on the Mayfield quadrangle.

Mayfield within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Mayfield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 25,998 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 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
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 1995Natural3.0 acresBoise DistrictSQUAW #2
27 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use49 acresBoise DistrictMAYFIELD
26 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresBoise DistrictMP 73 I-84
25 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresBoise DistrictMP 72 I-84
24 September 2011Recreation and ceremony21 acresBoise DistrictBOWN
16 September 2005Debris and open burning3,918 acresBoise DistrictBOWNSROOST
14 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresBoise DistrictFIASCO
12 September 2001Other causes5.0 acresBoise DistrictCHIP PILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mayfield: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayfield in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 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
June 2022HailMayfield-A member of the public posted this photo on Facebook.
June 2022HailMayfield-There was a layer of inch deep quarter size hail on Interstate 84.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindMayfield-A wind gust of 58 MPH was recorded at the Simco Road ITD station.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMayfield-no account filed
July 1995HailMayfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Cleft12.6 miles18
Sebree17.1 miles18
Prairie18.4 miles17
Mountain Home22.6 miles20
Reclamation Village22.6 miles16
Dixie25.1 miles16
Reverse31.2 miles20
Pine31.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396861. 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.