BlockBefore

Mound Valley, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Mink Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83283. It stands on Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oneida Narrows Reservoir quadrangle.

Mound Valley within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mound Valley between 1992 and 2003, burning about 1,431 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestWILLIAMS CREEK
1 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictWILLIAMS
1 September 1994Natural1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
8 August 1998Natural4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictKING CREEK
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
14 August 1996Natural120 acresIdaho Falls DistrictONEIDA
5 July 2003Recreation and ceremony280 acresIdaho Falls DistrictROCKY KNOL
4 July 1996Natural150 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCTTNWD CR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mound Valley: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Limestone, General, Calcium. 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
Treasure Canyon Mill #2CalciumProducer
Treasure Canyon Quarry #2Limestone, GeneralProducer
Cleveland MineManganesePast Producer1927
Hale MineManganeseUnknown
Hot Spot PropertyManganeseOccurrenceReplacement
Idaho Manganese Mining Company MineManganesePast Producer1922, 1925
Manganese MineManganeseUnknown
Mc Gregor PropertyManganeseOccurrenceReplacement
South ClevelandManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Cleveland1.2 miles13
Thatcher3.6 miles14
Oneida Station6.5 miles13
Mink Creek8.9 miles14
Treasureton9.5 miles13
Banida15.0 miles12
Riverdale15.1 miles13
Glendale15.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396931. 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.