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Nounan, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83254. The Survey maps it on the Nounan quadrangle. It stands 5,974 feet above sea level.

Nounan within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Nounan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1993Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestFERN CREEK
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
14 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestLOWER LAKE
1 September 1994Natural1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
31 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCO-OP
27 August 2020Natural38 acresBear Lake CountyGEORGETOWN
22 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nounan: 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Bear River AreaPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Co-op Creek ProspectsCopperProspectVein
Nounan GroupCopperOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed LocationCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Bear Lake County

Storms near this place

6 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nounan in 6 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 5 flood, 1 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
February 2017FloodNounan$808,000An extensive warmup combined with record snows in December and January caused minor flooding and roof collapses as the weight of heavy snow mixed with rain caused multiple rood collapses. The Geneva School roof collapsed.
March 2017FloodNounan$135,000Continued extensive snow melt created continued sheet flooding throughout the month with water as much as 3 feet deep in fields near Ovid. Damage estimates continued to increase from roads to property damage.
May 2017FloodNounan$55,000The Bear River near the Wyoming border remained at flood stage for much of the month and minor field flooding mainly continued through May. Reports of some basement flooding in the county along with road and bridge damage continued.
June 2017FloodNounan$10,000The Bear River near the Wyoming border receded below flood stage and the flooding situation improved throughout the month. Repair to damaged roads continued along with west nile mosquito control.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNounan$6,000Six trees blown down in Skinner Canyon.
April 2017FloodNounan-There continued to be mainly minor flooding of the Bear River. There remained extensive field flooding with much of it between Dingle and Pegram.

Every storm recorded in Bear Lake 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
Novene2.4 miles14
Lindsayville3.6 miles14
Wooleys3.8 miles14
Georgetown4.3 miles13
Manson6.8 miles10
Sharon8.9 miles13
Bennington9.1 miles13
Bern10.1 miles13

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 NounanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7063869The 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 396975. 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.