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Robin, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Bannock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83214. It stands on Lawrence Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arimo quadrangle.

Robin within Bannock 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Robin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 460 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
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use11 acresIdaho Falls DistrictARIMO
12 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestOLD TOM
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined98 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMARSH CREEK
4 August 2006Natural2.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHAWKINS
31 August 2011Natural31 acresIdaho Falls DistrictGARDEN GAP
23 August 2001Debris and open burning303 acresIdaho Falls DistrictGARDEN GAP
21 August 1997Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictGAP
17 August 2018Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestLAWRENCE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Robin: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Uranium. 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
Neney ProspectGold, Silver, UraniumOccurrenceUnderground
Bannock County Engineer Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bannock County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robin in 4 storm reports in 1997: 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 1997Flash FloodRobin-Garden Creek in Robin area rose about 2 feet due to heavy rain.
August 1997Flash FloodRobin-Extremely heavy rain produced flooding and severe field erosion immediately east of the Garden Creek Gap.
August 1997Flash FloodRobin-Flooding washed large rock and other debris on Arimo Rad in Garden Creek Gap. Over one foot of debris in several locations.
August 1997Heavy RainRobin-1.5 inches or rain. Hail up to 1/2 inch diameter covered hillsides immediately east of Garden Creek Gap.

Every storm recorded in Bannock 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
Arimo4.2 miles10
Hawkins5.6 miles10
McCammon5.8 miles10
Marsh Valley6.3 miles10
Virginia7.2 miles10
Topaz (historical)9.2 miles9
Cambridge11.1 miles10
Downey12.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397104. 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.