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Palisades, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83428. It stands on Russell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palisades Dam quadrangle.

Palisades within Bonneville County

On record in Palisades

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Palisades between 1992 and 2017, burning about 4 acres in total. 18 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCLIFFS
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
24 September 1992Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSHEEP CREEK 3
18 September 2014Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSHEEP
10 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestVAN
10 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSHEEP
8 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPINE BAY

Every fire recorded in Bonneville County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Palisades: 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite. 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
Palisades Creek Area Limestone - Dolomite DepositLimestone, General, DolomiteOccurrenceDolomite, Limestone
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bear Creek Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1951
Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Palisades Reservoir Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Red Ridge Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Unnamed Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bonneville County

Storms near this place

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palisades in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire. The reports record 6 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024HailPalisades4 hurtHeavy hail fell on boat on Palisades Reservoir with larger than quarter sized hail falling on video. 4 occupants received bruises from the hail.
August 2024HailPalisades2 hurtHail recorded on a boat on Palisades Reservoir with 2 more injuries due to bruising from hail.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPalisades-A 59 mph wind gust recorded at ITDE5 Palisades Dam mesonet site.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPalisades-Sixty to 70 mph wind gusts estimated over Pine Creek Pass.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPalisades-Mount Baird recorded a 65 mph wind gust.
August 2024HailPalisades-One inch hail reported at Calamity Campground.
August 2024HailPalisades-Bear Lake Emergency Manager measured inch and quarter hail driving through region.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPalisades-At least three boats were reported capsized due to winds caused by a thunderstorm on Palisades Reservoir on August 1st. Times are estimated and the exact wind speeds are unknown but a significant event to document.
June 2013HailPalisades-One inch hail reported by National Weather Serivice employee in the town of Palisades.
June 2006HailPalisades-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPalisades-no account filed
July 2004HailPalisades-no account filed
August 2001WildfirePalisades-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Irwin5.8 miles16
Swan Valley9.7 miles16
Keenan City (historical)15.9 miles16
Caribou City (historical)17.4 miles16
Herman18.4 miles15
Gray22.5 miles14
Guyaz24.4 miles13
Dehlin26.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397005. 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.