Orchard, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83716. It stands on Bowns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orchard quadrangle.
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.
- 1892 USGS Bisuka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Bisuka quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Orchard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Murphy quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Orchard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
573 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 573 fires within 5 miles of Orchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,308 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 275 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 215 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | OTR 522 |
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | OTR 520 |
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | OTR 521 |
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | OTR 515 |
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | OTR 516 |
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Boise District | OTR 517 |
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | OTR 518 |
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | OTR 519 |
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 Orchard: 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
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orchard in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orchard | - | Mesonet station IDARNG2_RG14 measured a wind gust of 63 mph as a thunderstorm outflow passed. This outflow continued into Elmore county. No damages were reported. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orchard | - | The Idaho Transportation Department's Valley Interchange weather station south of Hazelton reported a 66 mph gust as a line of showers and embedded thunderstorms move through. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Orchard | - | A photo of a funnel cloud was posted on Facebook. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orchard | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Orchard | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orchard | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regina | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Leone | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Blacks (historical) | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Owyhee | 11.7 miles | 16 | |
| Neal (historical) | 11.7 miles | 18 | |
| Blacks Creek | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 14.7 miles | 16 | |
| Barber | 17.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396984. 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.







