Reynolds, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. It lies near Nancy Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Reynolds quadrangle. It stands 3,930 feet above sea level.
On record in Reynolds
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 1 record
- Camp Lyon Sitelisted 1972
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Murphy quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Reynolds quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Reynolds between 1995 and 2019, burning about 139 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | 10 acres | Boise District | BOGHOLE |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | ROCK PILE |
| 12 August 2014 | Natural | 119 acres | Boise District | KOKE |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Boise District | HOOTANANNY |
| 23 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | DRYDEN |
| 12 June 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | REYN |
| 14 October 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | WHISKEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Reynolds: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Zinc, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ida Belle | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ida Belle Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Silver City, War Eagle, Florida | Gold, Silver | Producer | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Soilife Inc | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reynolds in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Reynolds | - | The mesonet station, RYCI1, 7.6 miles northwest of Reynolds, ID measured 0.50 inches of heavy rain. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Reynolds | - | The mesonet station RYCI 7.6 miles northwest of Reynolds, ID measured 0.70 inches of rain. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Reynolds | - | The mesonet station, RENI1, near Reynolds Creek, measured 0.61 inches of heavy rain 10 miles west of Murphy, ID. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Reynolds | - | The Mesonet station, RENI1, at Reynolds Creek measured 1.90 inches of total rainfall. |
| April 1998 | Flood | Reynolds | - | Heavy rains over the Owyhee Mountains caused Reynolds Creek to briefly overflow and flood a roadway in Owyhee County. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Reynolds | - | Afternoon heavy showers and thunderstorms produced a minor flash flood in Owyhee County. Spotters reported water over the Reynolds Creek Road. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Reynolds | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Reynolds | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Slacks Corner | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Petersons Crossing | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Murphy | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dewey | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson | 12.1 miles | 14 | |
| Guffey | 12.4 miles | 15 | |
| Silver City | 12.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Reynolds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16899252 | 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 398039. 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.








