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Sharon, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83254. It stands on Snyder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ovid quadrangle.

Sharon within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Sharon between 1992 and 2018, burning about 530 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
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1998Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCOPENHAGEN RIDGE
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestFERN CREEK
30 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCOPENHAGEN
24 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestWHITE PINE
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMILL CANYON
14 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestLOWER LAKE
1 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
28 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution419 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestNORTH CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sharon: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Lead, Lead, Silver, Gold, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bear Lake ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blacksmith DolomiteMagnesiteOccurrence
Tiptop ProspectLead, Silver, GoldOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed LocationLeadPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Bear Lake 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
Liberty2.7 miles13
Bern5.0 miles13
Lanark5.5 miles13
Ovid6.0 miles13
Lindsayville6.3 miles14
Wooleys8.5 miles14
Bennington8.8 miles13
Nounan8.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397148. 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.