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Niter, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Grace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83241. The Survey maps it on the Grace quadrangle. It stands 5,410 feet above sea level.

Niter within Caribou County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Niter between 1994 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 1
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresCaribou CountyPOLETHIEF CANYON
30 July 2007Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCHEATBACK
28 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictANT CANYON
24 July 1994Natural3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBENCH
20 July 1998Natural5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictANT CANYON
21 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMCPHERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caribou County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Niter: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Caribou County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Niter in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindNiter-The mesonet site 1 mile northwest of Niter recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindNiter-The Niter mesonet station recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNiter-Four to 5 inch diameter tree limbs broken near Niter in Caribou County.

Every storm recorded in Caribou 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
Bench2.7 miles16
Telluride3.5 miles12
Lago4.0 miles14
Grace5.0 miles16
China Hill6.1 miles12
Turner6.9 miles12
Central10.0 miles12
Alexander10.2 miles16

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 Q133448151The 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 387581. 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.