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Reverse, Idaho

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mountain Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83647. The Survey maps it on the Reverse quadrangle.

Reverse within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Reverse between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,562 acres in total. 11 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
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural11
Firearms and explosives use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
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
5 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBoise DistrictREVERSE
3 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresBoise DistrictMP 392 RR
27 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictMP99 I84
2 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictPOLE LINE
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictMP107 I84
13 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance58 acresBoise DistrictREVERSE
12 September 1996Natural263 acresBoise DistrictBILLY RIO
9 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresBoise DistrictRRMP387.5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reverse: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, 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
Burnt SageStone, DimensionUnknown
Dodge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reverse in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2024Thunderstorm WindReverse-South 18 street in Mountain Home from Beet Dump Road to Rockin Road was closed due to 20 plus power poles on the road. There were 100 plus homes affected and without 911 landline capabilities. This also affected the Mountain Home Air Force Base operations.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindReverse-The ITD mesonet site at Hammett Hill recorded a wind gust of 63 MPH with reports of wind damage around the area.

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Mountain Home8.6 miles20
Hammett9.3 miles13
Sebree14.7 miles18
Glenns Ferry16.9 miles13
Emigrant Crossing17.0 miles17
Stout Crossing18.1 miles17
Cleft19.6 miles18
King Hill21.4 miles17

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 Q122594042The 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 398038. 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.