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Novene, 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 83239. It stands on Stauffer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nounan quadrangle.

Novene 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

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Novene between 2000 and 2020, burning about 49 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
27 August 2020Natural38 acresBear Lake CountyGEORGETOWN
13 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSKINNER CANYON
1 August 2019Natural10 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestNORTH HILL
2 July 2000Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBIG CANYON
21 June 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestGEORGETOWN SUMMIT
21 June 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestGEORGETOWN SUMMIT #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Novene: 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sulfur, 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
Merriman Potash CompanyPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Co-op Creek ProspectsCopperProspectVein
Nounan GroupCopperOccurrenceReplacement
Rattlesnake Canyon Sulfur DepositSulfurOccurrenceSurface
Sulfur OccurrenceSulfurOccurrence
Unnamed LocationCopperProspect
Unnamed Sulfur OccurrenceSulfurOccurrence

Every working 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
Nounan2.4 miles14
Georgetown2.5 miles13
Wooleys3.4 miles14
Lindsayville4.7 miles14
Manson6.8 miles10
Bennington8.8 miles13
Sharon10.7 miles13
Bern11.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122553096The 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 401693. 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.