BlockScoville, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Arco census division. The Survey maps it on the Scoville quadrangle.
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.
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Scoville quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Scoville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 acres | Idaho National Laboratory | CENTRAL FACILLITY |
| 12 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | FRENCHMAN |
| 29 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Idaho Falls District | MASSACRE |
| 18 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | MILE MARKER 268 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte City | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Smith Corrals | 17.0 miles | 9 | |
| Arco | 19.4 miles | 9 | |
| Howe | 20.9 miles | 10 | |
| Berenice | 24.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sweet Sage (historical) | 24.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lost River | 24.6 miles | 9 | |
| Moore | 26.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398109. 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.