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Rea, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Island Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83429. It stands on West Fork Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Island Park Dam quadrangle.

Rea within Fremont County

On record in Rea

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Rea between 1992 and 2015, burning about 7 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBOONDOCKS
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestARANGE
11 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBOOT
7 August 1992Smokingunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
5 August 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestRANCHO MCCREE
25 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCOFFEE POT
20 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMCCREE
2 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestPHILLIP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rea: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

4 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rea in 4 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 3 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRea$4,000Fall River Rural Electric reported several trees down on power lines just southwest of Macks Inn resulting in power outages.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRea$3,000Tree downed on power lines due to thunderstorm wind gusts. It was near the intersection of S Beaver Springs Rd and Spruce Circle. Fall River Rural Electric reported 71 customers out of service.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindRea-Private weather station measured 58 mph off of Taylor Mountain Dr.
August 2023HailRea-One inch hail reported 6 miles west of Rea.

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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
Island Park4.6 miles11
Trude4.8 miles11
Flat Rock5.7 miles12
Box Canyon6.5 miles11
Last Chance7.3 miles11
Big Springs9.7 miles11
Eccles12.1 miles10
Staley Springs13.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 394979. 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.