Rising River, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Atomic City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Rose quadrangle.

Rising River within Bingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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.

1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Rose quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Rising River between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,080 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined	14
Natural	9
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Fireworks	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 2018	Natural	12 acres	Idaho Falls District	MORGANS PASTURE
5 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	694 acres	Idaho Falls District	LEMHI
4 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17 acres	Idaho Falls District	HELLS HALF ACRE S
2 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	14 acres	Idaho Falls District	MILE 100
2 September 1994	Debris and open burning	27 acres	Idaho Falls District	MORGAN'S P
1 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	WEST PERGA
1 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	EAST PURGA
1 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	HADES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham 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 Rising River: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Bingham 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rose	4.8 miles	10
McDonaldville	5.0 miles	10
Peterson (historical)	6.2 miles	12
Wapello	6.6 miles	13
Kimball	6.9 miles	10
Groveland	7.5 miles	13
Firth	8.0 miles	10
Goshen Junction	8.1 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398049. 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.