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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Nounan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Nounan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | FERN CREEK |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LOWER LAKE |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CO-OP |
| 27 August 2020 | Natural | 38 acres | Bear Lake County | GEORGETOWN |
| 22 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear River Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Co-op Creek Prospects | Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Nounan Group | Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Nounan | $808,000 | An 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 2017 | Flood | Nounan | $135,000 | Continued 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 2017 | Flood | Nounan | $55,000 | The 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 2017 | Flood | Nounan | $10,000 | The 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nounan | $6,000 | Six trees blown down in Skinner Canyon. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Nounan | - | There continued to be mainly minor flooding of the Bear River. There remained extensive field flooding with much of it between Dingle and Pegram. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novene | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lindsayville | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wooleys | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Georgetown | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Manson | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sharon | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bennington | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bern | 10.1 miles | 13 |
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 Nounan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7063869 | 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 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.







