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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | COPENHAGEN RIDGE |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | FERN CREEK |
| 30 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | COPENHAGEN |
| 24 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | WHITE PINE |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Idaho Falls District | MILL CANYON |
| 14 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LOWER LAKE |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 419 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | NORTH CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Lake Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Blacksmith Dolomite | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Tiptop Prospect | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold, Silver | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bern | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lanark | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ovid | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lindsayville | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wooleys | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bennington | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Nounan | 8.9 miles | 14 |
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.







