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Michaud, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fort Hall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83204. The Survey maps it on the Michaud quadrangle.

Michaud within Power County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Michaud between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,355 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution3.7 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMICHAUD CREEK
2 September 2007Natural11 acresFort Hall AgencyPOWERLINE
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined254 acresFort Hall AgencyMICHAUD CREEK
15 September 1992Debris and open burning55 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFMC
1 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFort Hall AgencyELEVATOR LOOP
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFort Hall AgencyTRAIN
22 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSKULL CYN
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Hall AgencyFORT HALL ASSIST #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Power County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Michaud: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone. 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
Unnamed LocationStonePast Producer
Chilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
FMC Elemental Phosphorus PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Power County HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Simplot Don PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Power County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Michaud in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMichaud$30,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMichaud-The ASOS at the Pocatello Regional Airport recorded a 59 mph wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Power 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
Schiller2.4 miles11
Don4.7 miles14
Bannock6.1 miles11
Fairview13.8 miles12
Lone Rock13.8 miles12
American Falls14.6 miles12
Crystal17.5 miles9
Neeley19.3 miles13

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 Q122569982The 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 396886. 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.