BlockNelson, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83243. The Survey maps it on the Stone quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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
- 1973 USGS Stone quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Nelson (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65,613 acres in total. 31 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 | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2000 | Natural | 12,498 acres | Idaho Falls District | TAYLOR |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SOUTH CARTER |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | GRANDINE |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 31,568 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | STONE 2 |
| 29 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | HANSEL |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | GRANDINE 2 |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | GRANDINE |
| 2 August 1992 | Natural | 600 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgedale | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ireland Springs | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook Summit | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cedarhill | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Samaria | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Black Pine | 17.2 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q21551573 | 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 395896. 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.