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McHenry, Idaho

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Hunt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83335. The Survey maps it on the Milner quadrangle.

McHenry within Jerome County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of McHenry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,091 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
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
9 September 2019Debris and open burning332 acresTwin Falls DistrictNORTH WILSON
15 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictCRESTVIEW
15 September 1995Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSCHODDE W
15 September 1995Arson/incendiarism200 acresTwin Falls DistrictSCHODDE N2
1 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictMCHENRY
9 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresTwin Falls DistrictCALDRON LINN
5 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use418 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCRESTVIEW 3
22 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictS SCHODDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jerome County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of McHenry: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, 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
Idaho Department of HigwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown
Cinder PitPumiceUnknown

Every working recorded in Jerome 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
Greenwood1.3 miles7
Schodde3.3 miles9
Hazelton4.4 miles8
Eden8.4 miles8
Hillsdale (historical)8.8 miles8
Hunt11.9 miles8
Tipperary Corner13.0 miles8
Perrine14.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396871. 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.