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Poplar, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83443. The Survey maps it on the Poplar quadrangle.

Poplar within Bonneville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Poplar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 643 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
3 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestHIDDEN VISTA
29 September 2018Fireworks6.8 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHEISE
19 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined558 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBIRCH CREEK
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictRIVERSIDE
4 August 1992Smokingunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictKELLY
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBONNEVILLE COUNTY ASSIST 3
20 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictROCK CYN
2 August 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBUCKSKIN

Every fire recorded in Bonneville County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Poplar: 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, 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
Heise Gold PlacerGoldPast Producer1875
Elkhorn Warm SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Hawley Warm SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit, Bonneville CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit, Id Hwy DptSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit, Id Hwy DptSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wheeler Pit No 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bonneville County

Storms near this place

8 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poplar in 8 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPoplar$1,000Large tree limbs were downed blocking 160 E near E Ririe Highway.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPoplar-The Antelope Flats mesonet station recorded a 62 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPoplar-The mesonet station Moss Avery recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPoplar-A private weather station just east of Birch Creek Rd measured a 59 mph wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPoplar-RWIS ITD18 Ririe site recorded a 66 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPoplar-A 68 mph thunderstorm outflow wind was recorded at the Ririe mesonet site.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPoplar-A pine tree was snapped off near it's base 1 mile southeast of RIrie. Tree limbs and fences also torn down along 2nd St West but no major damage reported.
May 2016HailPoplar-Facebook pictures revealed 1.50 inch hail hear Poplar.

Every storm recorded in Bonneville 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
Guyaz9.8 miles13
Milo10.5 miles12
Iona14.6 miles12
Ucon14.8 miles12
Beachs Corner15.7 miles12
Dehlin16.3 miles13
Lincoln16.5 miles12
Coltman17.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397058. 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.