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Meadows, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the New Meadows census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83654. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meadows quadrangle.

Meadows within Adams County

On record in Meadows

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 5 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
Natural44
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4

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
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSIGN
8 September 1998Debris and open burning11 acresNorthern Idaho AgencyI DONT KNO
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPRONTO
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Idaho Timber Protective Association, Idaho Department of LandsPACKER JOHN
5 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCEMETERY
26 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLAST CHANCE
26 September 1994Smoking4.8 acresIdaho Department of LandsBIG CREEK
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSTEEL BELT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Meadows: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Geothermal. 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
Krigbaum Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Rock Flat PlacerGold, Corundum, Gemstone, REE, Garnet, Zirconium, TitaniumPast ProducerChromite, Corundum, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Platinum, Zircon
Clark Mica ProspectMicaProspect
Clark ProspectMicaProspect1940
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Manganese Mts.ManganeseUnknown
New Meadows Manganese DepositManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadows in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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
September 2024Heavy RainMeadows-The mesonet station BRRI1, 9.3 miles North of McCall, measured heavy rain after thunderstorms moved through the area.
November 2024Heavy RainMeadows-The mesonet station SFFI1 at Ski Hill RAWS measured 1.22 inches of rain.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Meadows-Downed trees and power lines blocked old Highway 95 near Hot Springs Road.
March 2012FloodNew Meadows-Several roads in New Meadows were flooded with water 1 to 2 feet deep including Hubbard Road and Main Street.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMeadows-Down burst winds from a severe thunderstorm blew down several 100 ft tall Pine trees one of which cut a single wide mobile home in half.

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
New Meadows2.2 miles14
Rubicon6.8 miles14
Pine Ridge7.5 miles13
Tamarack7.5 miles13
Woodland7.7 miles13
Evergreen9.2 miles13
Stevens10.6 miles14
Glendale12.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 386724. 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.