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Milner, Idaho

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Murtaugh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83344. The Survey maps it on the Milner quadrangle.

Milner within Twin Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Milner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,647 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Firearms and explosives use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictMILNER2
7 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSHINGLE
28 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution5.9 acresIdaho Falls DistrictKASOTA
2 September 2005Debris and open burning588 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMILNERBT
2 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCEDARPOINT
10 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBOATDOCKS
9 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresTwin Falls DistrictCALDRON LINN
8 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLAKE MILNER

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Milner: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Idaho Department of HigwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snake River PlacersGoldPast Producer1862
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Twin Falls 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
Murtaugh7.6 miles8
Bickel (historical)10.0 miles8
Artesian City10.1 miles8
Bills14.0 miles8
Hansen14.8 miles8
Striker15.3 miles9
Rock Creek16.1 miles9
Kimberly18.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396900. 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.