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McDonaldville, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Moreland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Rose quadrangle.

McDonaldville within Bingham 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

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of McDonaldville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,506 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
5 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use694 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLEMHI
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 10
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 9
22 September 1995Debris and open burning177 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLEMHIRIDGE
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 8
9 August 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictNORTH LAVA
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBingham CountyBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 4
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBingham CountyBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of McDonaldville: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Blackfoot Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel 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, ConstructionProducer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bingham 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
Peterson (historical)1.4 miles12
Rose2.6 miles10
Groveland2.8 miles13
Aiken3.9 miles12
Collins4.0 miles12
Clarkson4.1 miles12
Moreland4.4 miles12
Rising River5.0 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122599085The 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 397899. 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.