BlockPlano, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Sugar City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83440. The Survey maps it on the Plano quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Plano quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Rexburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Plano quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Plano between 1994 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Madison County | MADISON COUNTY ASSIST 2 |
| 19 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | E.SAGEJCT2 |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | WALLY |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | COTTONWOOD |
| 4 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | HENRY |
| 3 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | 9MILEKNOLE |
| 27 July 2018 | Natural | 13 acres | Idaho Falls District | PLANO |
| 3 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | BEAVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Plano: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plano in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Plano | $148,000 | The combination of very cold temperatures and extensive snowfall in December and January with a rapid warmup in February caused sheet flooding and some road damage throughout the county. The property damage in Madison County was very limited compared to other counties in the region. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Plano | $36,000 | Minor flooding continued through May in Madison County requiring road repairs with field flooding damaging agricultural crops and money required for levee repairs. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Plano | $15,000 | Minor flooding continued across Madison County in March with continued road damage and field flooding. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Plano | $12,000 | Minor flooding continued through the first half of June in Madison County requiring road repairs with field flooding damaging agricultural crops and money required for levee repairs. |
| July 2025 | Lightning | Plano | $100 | Lightning strikes caused a power outage near S 5500 W and W 1000 S near Plano. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Plano | - | Madison County declared a flood emergency. Action was taken to help mitigate river bank erosion. Erosion occurred due to the high runoff. Some flooding occurred 6 miles east of Lorenzo Highway near Twin Bridges. Over 300 truck loads of riprap rock was delivered to the Sunnydell irrigation canal along the Snake River upstream of Archer Road in the attempt at erosion mitigation. More work was done at the Roth location along the Heise-Roberts levee 1 mile upstream of the Lorenzo Bridge. |
| July 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Plano | - | Pictures of funnel clouds received 1 mile northwest of Plano. |
| August 1997 | Heavy Rain | Plano | - | 0.75 inch of rain. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 374434. 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.