Morgan Place, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. It stands on Castle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Bisuka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bisuka quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Castle Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Oreana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Murphy quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Castle Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Place between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,547 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Boise District | LEMLY |
| 19 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Boise District | CLOUDBURST |
| 12 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | FOSSIL |
| 8 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boise District | OREO |
| 22 July 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Boise District | TOX |
| 14 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Boise District | MP50 HWY78 |
| 5 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 191 acres | Boise District | WEES |
| 26 June 2017 | Natural | 2,137 acres | Boise District | YETI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Morgan Place: 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gold Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Northwest Big Foot Bar Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Oneida | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oreana | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sinker (historical) | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Grand View | 12.6 miles | 14 | |
| Spiry Place | 15.3 miles | 9 | |
| Murphy | 16.6 miles | 13 | |
| Carothers Place (historical) | 17.6 miles | 9 | |
| Doyle Place | 18.4 miles | 9 | |
| Guffey | 19.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396926. 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.








