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.
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.
Meadows Schoolhouselisted 1979 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SIGN |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | I DONT KNO |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PRONTO |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Idaho Timber Protective Association, Idaho Department of Lands | PACKER JOHN |
| 5 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CEMETERY |
| 26 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LAST CHANCE |
| 26 September 1994 | Smoking | 4.8 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BIG CREEK |
| 23 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | STEEL BELT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krigbaum Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Rock Flat Placer | Gold, Corundum, Gemstone, REE, Garnet, Zirconium, Titanium | Past Producer | Chromite, Corundum, Garnet, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Platinum, Zircon | |
| Clark Mica Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Clark Prospect | Mica | Prospect | 1940 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Manganese Mts. | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| New Meadows Manganese Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Meadows | - | The mesonet station BRRI1, 9.3 miles North of McCall, measured heavy rain after thunderstorms moved through the area. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Meadows | - | The mesonet station SFFI1 at Ski Hill RAWS measured 1.22 inches of rain. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Meadows | - | Downed trees and power lines blocked old Highway 95 near Hot Springs Road. |
| March 2012 | Flood | New Meadows | - | Several roads in New Meadows were flooded with water 1 to 2 feet deep including Hubbard Road and Main Street. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadows | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Meadows | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rubicon | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Ridge | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tamarack | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Woodland | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Evergreen | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stevens | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Glendale | 12.3 miles | 14 |
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.





