Samaria, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malad City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83252. The Survey maps it on the Samaria quadrangle. It stands 4,478 feet above sea level.
On record in Samaria
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
- Samaria Historic Districtlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Samaria quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Samaria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,606 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SQUIRREL TOWN |
| 30 August 1992 | Natural | 115 acres | Idaho Falls District | MADSEN |
| 17 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 687 acres | Idaho Falls District | NORTH CNYN |
| 10 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SAMARIA |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | SAMARIA#2 |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | SAMARIA #1 |
| 28 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | QUINCY |
| 25 July 2020 | Natural | 370 acres | Idaho Falls District | SAMARIA |
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 Samaria: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pleasantview Warm Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Samaria in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Samaria | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Samaria | - | A funnel cloud photographed in Samaria. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwenford | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasantview | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cherry Creek | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Malad City | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook Summit | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Johns | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Woodruff | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ireland Springs | 9.0 miles | 9 |
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 Samaria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7408824 | 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 398088. 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.



