Pebble, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bancroft census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83217. It stands on Pebble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bancroft quadrangle. It stands 5,276 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Haystack Mtn 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 Pebble between 1994 and 2016, burning about 802 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | LAVA |
| 5 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 134 acres | Idaho Falls District | KELLY CREEK |
| 28 August 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BOB SMITH #2 |
| 27 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | HORNET |
| 21 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | HOBO |
| 17 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CHERRY |
| 14 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | WOOD |
| 10 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | PEBBLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pebble: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Magnesite, Silica, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portneuf | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Wonder Insulation Building Stone Quarry | Silica, Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Garden City Dolomite | Stone, Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Garden City Limestone | Stone, Magnesite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pebble in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pebble | - | A 59 mph wind gust at Pebble. |
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.
| Wikidata item Q133430798 | 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 397018. 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.



