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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Grace quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2005 USGS Grace quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Idaho Falls District | CARIBOU COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Caribou County | POLETHIEF CANYON |
| 30 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CHEATBACK |
| 28 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | ANT CANYON |
| 24 July 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | BENCH |
| 20 July 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | ANT CANYON |
| 21 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MCPHERSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niter | - | The mesonet site 1 mile northwest of Niter recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niter | - | The Niter mesonet station recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Niter | - | Four to 5 inch diameter tree limbs broken near Niter 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.
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 Q133448151 | 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 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.







