BlockRaft River, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Albion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83211. It stands on Raft River. The Survey maps it on the North Chapin Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,213 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Yale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS North Chapin Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Raft River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,405 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | I 86 MM17 |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Twin Falls District | I86MP16N |
| 16 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Idaho Falls District | GIFFORD SPRINGS |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Twin Falls District | 1SGIFFORD |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Idaho Falls District | RAFT RIVER VALLEY |
| 28 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | COLDWATER 1 |
| 28 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | COLDWATER 2 |
| 26 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,826 acres | Idaho Falls District | MM 11 |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Raft River: 12 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Arrow Ranch | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit--Idaho Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bancroft Claim Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Durango Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Excelsior Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| G. W. Lish Farm Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gifford-Sampson Co. Farm Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gold Field Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gold Lake Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| North Star Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer |
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.
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 Q7282728 | The 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 398387. 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.