Sand Hollow, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the New Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83607. The Survey maps it on the Sand Hollow quadrangle. It stands 2,435 feet above sea level.

Sand Hollow within Payette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Sand Hollow quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hollow between 1992 and 2019, burning about 11,166 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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	11
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Firearms and explosives use	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Fireworks	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
17 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Boise District	TUCOWS
16 September 2006	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Boise District	NOBLE
11 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Boise District	ELPASORD#3
1 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Boise District	EL PASO
7 August 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Boise District	DA DUMP
5 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Boise District	HEART
30 August 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	219 acres	Boise District	ELPASO RD.
17 August 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	106 acres	Boise District	WILDWEST#2

Every fire recorded in Payette County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sand Hollow: 1 prospect. 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
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect

Every working recorded in Payette 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
Hamilton Corner	10.1 miles	12
New Plymouth	11.8 miles	12
Palisades Corner	14.4 miles	11
Buckingham	14.7 miles	11
Fort Wilson	16.1 miles	16
Fruitland	16.4 miles	16
Ramey	16.8 miles	16
Eiffie	17.5 miles	16

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 Sand Hollow	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q116985794	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 398090. 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.