Neeley, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the American Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83211. It stands on Warm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neeley quadrangle. It stands 4,321 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Neeley quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Neeley between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,640 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 294 acres | Idaho Falls District | INDIAN |
| 8 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | NEELY |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | 15 acres | Idaho Falls District | LAKE CHANNEL |
| 17 August 2000 | Natural | 43 acres | Twin Falls District | SNAKERIVER |
| 17 August 2000 | Natural | 12 acres | Twin Falls District | EAGLERCKII |
| 17 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | EAGLEROCKI |
| 13 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 41 acres | Idaho Falls District | EAGLE ROCK |
| 26 July 2000 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Idaho Falls District | POWERLINE2 |
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 Neeley: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite, Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Geothermal Location 8S-31E-17 | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Big Bend | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Neely Placer Deposit | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Juniper Hill Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | 1931 | |
| Juniper Hills Mining Co. | Mercury | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neeley in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Neeley | - | Three funnel clouds were spotted near Neely by sheriffs deputy. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Neeley | - | Idaho State Police reported accumulating water on interstate 86 near mile post 30. Resources had to be called to remove water from the interstate. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Neeley | - | Cold Creek flooded with violently/muddy flows and debris working downstream. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Neeley | - | no account filed |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Neeley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6986801 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 374109. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





