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Meadowville, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Soda Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83276. The Survey maps it on the China Hat quadrangle.

Meadowville within Caribou County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Meadowville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 916 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use215 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHUBBARD
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCaribou CountyCHINA CAP
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarism330 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCHINA HAT
8 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 1
7 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictDIKE LAKE
28 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCaribou CountyCARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 2
26 August 1999Natural9.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCHINA HAT
24 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHAUL ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caribou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Meadowville: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, Vanadium. 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 Bridge Proposed MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, VanadiumProspectSurface
China HatPumice, PerliteUnknown
Conda MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer1906, 1922
Monsato Quartzite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Woodall SpringGeothermalUnknown
Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
West Bank Blackfoot RiverPumiceUnknown
Aspen Range NorthPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
J.R. Simplot Washing/Calcine PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Nu-West Phos-Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

Every working recorded in Caribou 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
Conda4.5 miles15
Soda Springs7.5 miles15
Alexander9.6 miles16
Henry10.6 miles13
Talmage11.4 miles12
Rose11.6 miles16
Hatch13.7 miles12
Central14.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 395683. 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.