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Pegram, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montpelier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83254. It stands on Pegram Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pegram quadrangle. It stands 6,033 feet above sea level.

Pegram within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Pegram between 1999 and 2009, burning about 3,251 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
2 September 2007Natural2,945 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSWEETWATER
22 August 2000Natural29 acresIdaho Falls DistrictWEB
12 August 2001Natural4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictPEGRAM
5 July 2001Natural4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTUBBS
25 July 2009Natural247 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSWEETWATER
12 July 2007Natural5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSUGAR LOAF
16 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictPOTATO
9 October 1999Debris and open burning15 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBOUNDARY 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pegram: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Colorado - Idaho MineGold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Dingle Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Pine Gap No.1ManganeseUnknown
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bear Lake County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pegram in 1 storm report in 2025: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2025Thunderstorm WindPegram-Mesonet station PC587 North Willow recorded a 59 mph wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Bear Lake 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
Chausse3.5 miles13
Harer3.9 miles12
Border5.1 miles13
Alton6.0 miles12
Turnpike7.5 miles13
Bear Lake Hot Springs7.6 miles13
Dingle9.1 miles13
Bear Lake Sands9.1 miles13

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 PegramAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14687279The 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 397021. 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.