BlockMyers, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Paul census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83347. The Survey maps it on the Burley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Burley SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Myers between 1993 and 2011, burning about 65 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | PAUL400N |
| 16 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | ISOLATED |
| 15 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Idaho Falls District | 600 WEST |
| 11 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | MAIN DRAIN |
| 1 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | NORTH PAUL |
| 8 July 2008 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | K MAIN DRAIN |
| 29 July 1995 | Natural | 40 acres | Twin Falls District | PAULNORTH |
| 21 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Twin Falls District | DRAIN WELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Myers: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Emerson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kloepfer Crushing and Screening Plt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396940. 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.