Osgood, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Idaho Falls West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83402. The Survey maps it on the Idaho Falls North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 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
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Osgood between 1999 and 2010, burning about 277 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Idaho Falls District | RIVER ROAD |
| 15 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 275 acres | Idaho Falls District | COLD RANGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Osgood: 7 producers, 4 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| 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 | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osgood in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked out power to 176 customers west of Idaho Falls airport. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | Mesonet station 8419 D6 Kettle Butte US Highway 20 recorded 58 mph wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 59 mph wind gust measured at Kettle Butte. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | The ITD Kettle Butte site on US 20 measured a 63 mph gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | The Kettle Butte mesonet site measured a 62 mph wind gust. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | The Kettle Butte RWIS site Kettle Butte recorded a 59 mph wind gust. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 62 mph wind gust measured at Kettle Butte. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 71 mph wind gust measured at the Osgood site. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | The Kettle Butte site on US Route 20 recorded a thunderstorm outflow wind gust of 58 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 61 mph wind gust from thunderstorm outflow measured at the Kettle Butte ITD site. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | Eighteen miles west of Osgood recorded a 65 mph wind gust. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 62 mph wind gust measured at the Kettle Butte mesonet site. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | The Kettle Butte site recorded a 58 mph wind gust. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | The Kettle Butte INL site recorded a 64 mph wind gust associated with a thunderstorm gust front. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 74 mph wind gust was recorded at the Kettle Butte ARL Site. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 60 mph wind gust measured 11 miles west of Osgood. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 67 mph wind gust was recorded at the Kettle Butte ARL site at INL. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | A 72 mph wind gust was recorded at the Kettle Butte INL site. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | The Kettle Butte ARL site reported a 61 mph wind gust. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | Fifty-eight mph wind gust at the Kettle Butte ARL site. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osgood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payne | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Orvin | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Coltman | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ucon | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Beachs Corner | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Idaho Falls | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lincoln | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Iona | 9.5 miles | 12 |
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 Osgood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7106531 | 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 396991. 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.





