Ruby, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Burley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83318. The Survey maps it on the Burley quadrangle.

Ruby within Cassia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Burley SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ruby between 1994 and 2007, burning about 10,494 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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 August 2002	Natural	10,422 acres	Idaho Falls District	HORSEBUTTE
5 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	RURAL ASSIST 4
28 March 1994	Debris and open burning	66 acres	Twin Falls District	EFK FISHCR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Ruby: 8 producers, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, Brick Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Burley Clay Mine	Brick Clay	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Clay Deposit	Clay	Occurrence
Emerson Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Goose Creek Placer Deposits	Gold	Past Producer
Snake River Placers	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Gordon Paving	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit - Idaho Dept of Highways	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit--Idaho Dept of Highway	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cassia 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
Beetville	1.1 miles	9
Pella	2.1 miles	9
Burley	2.7 miles	9
Unity	4.3 miles	10
North Kenyon	5.3 miles	9
Hobson	5.7 miles	9
Kenyon	6.6 miles	9
Springdale	7.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397121. 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.