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Pingree, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Moreland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83262. The Survey maps it on the Pingree quadrangle. It stands 4,452 feet above sea level.

Pingree within Bingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Pingree between 1993 and 2020, burning about 468 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresBingham CountyBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 9
3 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBRONCO
28 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 7
7 July 2003Smoking4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFERRYBUTTE
10 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLIBERTY
14 April 1996Arson/incendiarism280 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSHEEPTRAIL
1 October 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined170 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSHEEPTRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pingree: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Fort Hall Bottoms PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bingham County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pingree in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
February 2000Tornado (F1)Pingree$2,200,000In the Riverside vicinity, one mobile home and two attached garages were destroyed. Near Pingree a set of grain silos were caved in. A cinder block building collapsed and a barn was destroyed near Groveland. In East Moreland 8 RVs were flipped and several damaged. Near Moreland, 3 high tension steel towers were toppled. Along the tornado's path, numerous homes sustained roof damage, many sheds and outbuildings were destroyed and large trees uprooted or pushed onto houses. Approximately 25 center pivot irrigation systems were damaged or destroyed and numerous wheel line systems twisted.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindPingree$30,000no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindPingree$10,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPingree-Several hundred customers reported without power near Pingree due to thunderstorm outflow winds.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPingree-A sudden wind storm associated with a thunderstorm blew down several trees, interrupted electrical service and knocked out a glass window in one home. Most of the damage occurred near Pioneer and Wilson Roads. Idaho Power Company spokesman said strong winds damaged a kilovolt transmission line, cutting power to 280 customers in the Pingree area. High winds also ripped through the Thomas area, collapsing two chain link baseball diamond backdrops near Snake River High school.

Every storm recorded in Bingham 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
Liberty4.3 miles10
Springfield5.0 miles11
Rockford6.1 miles10
Thomas6.8 miles10
Sterling8.9 miles11
Gibson9.6 miles12
Rouse9.9 miles12
Aberdeen Junction10.0 miles12

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 PingreeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195806The 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 397041. 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.