Orvin, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Idaho Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83401. The Survey maps it on the Idaho Falls North quadrangle.

Orvin within Bonneville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1948 USGS Idaho Falls North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1949 USGS Idaho Falls North quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Roberts quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Circular Butte quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Orvin between 1996 and 2012, burning about 68 acres in total. 1 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	1
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
27 July 2000	Natural	37 acres	Idaho Falls District	IONA HILL
1 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Idaho Falls District	YELLOW
12 October 1996	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Idaho Falls District	HILLSIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonneville County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Orvin: 13 producers, 1 past producer. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Burns Pit	Stone	Producer
Amcor Crushing Plant	Pumice	Producer
Pumice, Inc. Mine	Pumice	Past Producer	Pumice
Rock Hollow	Pumice	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Bonneville 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Beachs Corner	2.5 miles	12
Lincoln	2.8 miles	12
Payne	3.6 miles	14
Iona	4.1 miles	12
Idaho Falls	4.8 miles	13
Ammon	4.9 miles	14
Ucon	5.0 miles	12
Osgood	5.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396989. 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.