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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Boise District | SQUAW #2 |
| 27 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 49 acres | Boise District | MAYFIELD |
| 26 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Boise District | MP 73 I-84 |
| 25 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Boise District | MP 72 I-84 |
| 24 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 21 acres | Boise District | BOWN |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3,918 acres | Boise District | BOWNSROOST |
| 14 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Boise District | FIASCO |
| 12 September 2001 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Boise District | CHIP PILE |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Hail | Mayfield | - | A member of the public posted this photo on Facebook. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Mayfield | - | There was a layer of inch deep quarter size hail on Interstate 84. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was recorded at the Simco Road ITD station. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleft | 12.6 miles | 18 | |
| Sebree | 17.1 miles | 18 | |
| Prairie | 18.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain Home | 22.6 miles | 20 | |
| Reclamation Village | 22.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dixie | 25.1 miles | 16 | |
| Reverse | 31.2 miles | 20 | |
| Pine | 31.6 miles | 16 |
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.







