BlockNorland, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Minidoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83350. The Survey maps it on the Norland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1972 USGS Norland quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Norland between 1998 and 2018, burning about 343 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 225 acres | Idaho Falls District | DUFFIN |
| 22 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Twin Falls District | HAYSTACK |
| 22 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Twin Falls District | ACEQUIAN |
| 1 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SHIRLEY SPRING 4 |
| 1 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 49 acres | Idaho Falls District | NORLAND |
| 28 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 34 acres | Idaho Falls District | FLAT TOP |
| 24 July 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | UPRR MM286 |
| 24 July 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Twin Falls District | UPRRMM288 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396962. 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.