Midway, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83607. The Survey maps it on the Caldwell quadrangle.

Midway within Canyon County

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.

1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Arson/incendiarism	5
Fireworks	2
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	1

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
23 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge	MARLBORO4
22 September 2008	Natural	under an acre	Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge	ORCHARD
16 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge	MARLBORO3
30 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge	MARLBORO2
3 August 1994	Arson/incendiarism	43 acres	Boise District	SINKER CR.
26 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge	MARLBORO
22 August 1992	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge	Y66 BLDG
4 July 2003	Fireworks	100 acres	Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge	SAGE 03

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 9 unknowns, 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Clay Industrial	Clay	Unknown
A and A Redimix Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Baker Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Caldwell Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dell Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Canyon 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Moss	0.9 miles	14
Underkoflers Corner	2.2 miles	13
Fischer	2.6 miles	14
Maddens	3.1 miles	13
Karcher Junction	3.1 miles	14
Bugtown (historical)	3.2 miles	13
Caldwell	3.9 miles	13
Middleton	5.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396893. 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.