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Portneuf, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Inkom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83204. It lies near Fort Hall Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Inkom quadrangle. It stands 4,498 feet above sea level.

Portneuf within Bannock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Portneuf between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,306 acres in total. 37 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
Natural37
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Fireworks5
Firearms and explosives use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestWILD MOUNTAIN
30 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPORTNEUF
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined84 acresBannock CountyBANNOCK COUNTY ASSIST 5
2 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCHINAMAN PEAK
18 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictMINE FIRE
17 September 2000Natural2.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestINDIAN MOUNTAIN
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictDOE CREEK
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBANNOCK COUNTY ASSIST 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Portneuf: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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 MineCopper, Lead, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
High Noon ProspectCopper, LeadOccurrence1956
Inkom (Silica) QuarryQuartz, SilicaProducer
Lead DrawClay, AluminumUnknown
Lyonclaw MineCopper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, SilverPast ProducerSedimentary
Mountain Spring ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
Wells Cargo QuartziteSilicaPast Producer
Mink Creek Slate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Papoose CreekCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Bannock 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
Blackrock1.9 miles14
Inkom5.8 miles14
Pocatello6.8 miles15
Alameda8.1 miles15
Chubbuck10.2 miles15
Tyhee12.1 miles15
McCammon13.5 miles10
Robin16.3 miles10

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 Q122546398The 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 397060. 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.