BlockPauline, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arbon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83212. It stands on Knox Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pauline quadrangle. It stands 5,010 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1938 USGS Pauline quadrangle1:48000
- 1944 USGS Arbon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Pauline quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Pauline between 1994 and 2020, burning about 189 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | STUMP HLW |
| 8 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | CLIFTON |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | RANCH |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MOONSHINE2 |
| 20 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | Fort Hall Agency | CEDAR WELL |
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 acres | Fort Hall Agency | ROCK SPRINGS |
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PAULINE |
| 13 August 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | KNOXCANYON |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pauline in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2013: 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Pauline | $2,000 | One basement flooded in the Bannock Creek District of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation near Rooster Rock. Cars were washed down a road for a half mile. Water carried debris out of the mountains into the valley and took out fences along side of road from Rooster Rock to the road going to Bannock Peak. The main impacted area was from Rattlesnake to the Bannock Creek Community Center. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Pauline | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding north of Pauline. Water at the confluence of Bannock and Rattlesnake Creeks covering the road at intersection of Arbon Valley Highway and Rattlesnake Road. |
| August 1997 | Heavy Rain | Pauline | - | Extremely heavy rain and hail 1/2 inch diameter reported by storm spotter. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Pauline | - | One foot of water flooded over Mink Creek Road. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Pauline | - | Lusk Road between Mink Creek Road and the Arbon Valley Highway was washed out in four places. |
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.
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 Pauline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14687270 | 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 397013. 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.
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.