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Rogerson, Idaho

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hollister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83302. The Survey maps it on the Rogerson quadrangle. It stands 4,898 feet above sea level.

Rogerson within Twin Falls County

On record in Rogerson

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Rogerson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,322 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking1

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
9 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use43 acresTwin Falls CountyLOST CREEK
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHWY 93 MM 19
28 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHIGHWAY 93
11 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use96 acresTwin Falls District3WROGERSON
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictROGERSON
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictRURAL ASSIST 12
23 August 2005Natural152 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSHO BASIN
2 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictHWY93 MM21

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rogerson in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2017Thunderstorm WindRogerson-Social and local media reported trees and power lines down around Buhl and Filer.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRogerson-The local newspaper and a trained spotter reported large pine trees down and a large section of a motel roof was peeled off.
June 2015HailRogerson-A trained spotter reported hail starting as 1 inch then decreasing to half inch hail.
September 1997HailRogerson-A weather spotter in Rogerson reported 1.25 inch hail with a severe thunderstorm. No damage reported.
July 2006Flash FloodRogerson-no account filed
May 2005HailRogerson-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindRogerson-no account filed
July 1996Heavy RainRogerson-no account filed
June 1996HailRogerson-no account filed
June 1996HailRogerson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Twin Falls 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
Amsterdam5.4 miles7
Hollister9.4 miles7
Rock House Place10.4 miles7
Vosburg Place12.0 miles7
Harrell Place14.1 miles7
Threemile Crossing14.5 miles7
May Place15.8 miles7
Duncan Place17.0 miles7

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 RogersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7359362The 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 374764. 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.

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.