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Shoup, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Forney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83466. It stands on Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shoup quadrangle. It stands 3,389 feet above sea level.

Shoup within Lemhi County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Shoup between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,544 acres in total. 89 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
Natural89
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestSAW LOG
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestLEAD
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestGERMAN
12 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National Forestnot named
11 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestSPRING CAMPGROUND
10 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSalmon-Challis National ForestRIVER RANCH
8 August 2006Natural2.5 acresSalmon-Challis National ForestHOT SPRINGS
7 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestSHEEPEATER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lemhi County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Shoup: 27 occurrences, 20 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, REE, Silver. 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
Big Lead MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Blue Jay ClaimsCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Cardinal ProspectPhosphorus-Phosphates, Thorium, REEOccurrenceAllanite, Monazite
Coan PropertyLead, GoldOccurrenceGalena
Copper King MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Crazy Creek ProspectRhenium, REE, ThoriumOccurrenceReplacement
Eagle GroupMolybdenumProspect
Grubstake No. 2 ClaimZinc, GoldOccurrenceVein
Grunter MineGold, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten, SilverPast Producer1882
H. R. Roberts' ClaimsREE, Thorium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, TitaniumPast Producer1948

Every working recorded in Lemhi County

Storms near this place

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shoup in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 2 deaths. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003WildfireShoup2 killedno account filed
June 2024Flash FloodShoup$250,000Flash flooding and mudslides occurred along Salmon River Road from just above Ebenezer Campground to just below Owl Creek. Radar estimates of up to 1.25 inches of rain fell over a half hour period across the southern half of the Owl Creek Basin. There were three major slides along the Salmon River Road, near Poverty Flat, Skull Gulch, and one roughly 0.3 miles in length where the road bank collapsed into the river. The Skull Gulch slide destroyed at least one outbuilding. There were also 30 to 50 additional small slides across the Salmon River Road that didn't cause structural damage.
June 2013Flash FloodShoup$5,000A thunderstorm cell developed over extreme southeastern Idaho county (over 9 kft terrain) and split into two separate supercells as it moved into Lemhi County. The left-moving supercell tracked across the old Mustang burn scarred Colson Creek drainage basin (Mustang Fire from 2012). According to Doppler radar estimates, this storm unleashed 0.42 of rainfall in 30 minutes across this drainage basin. At one point the cloud tops reached over 50 kft which meant that the storm had tapped into all the potential instability. These torrential rains produced a debris flow that damaged and made Colson Creek road impassable. The debris flow traveled over several homeowners' properties and damaged a hydro-electric pump causing power outages.
June 2013Flash FloodShoup$5,000A high precipitation, left-moving supercell caused very heavy rainfall to fall over the Mustang burn scarred Owl Creek drainage basin inducing a large debris flow. Doppler radar estimates of 0.58 fell 30 minutes ending at 7:28 pm MDT over this basin. The debris flow severely damaged landowners' property including water and fuel barrels, irrigation system and several out-buildings. The debris flow also deposited up to 3 feet of rock and mud plus trees over Salmon River Rd. A few hours later a spotter in North Fork measured 0.50 of rain in 20 minutes.
September 2013Flash FloodShoup$1,000A washout near Cramer Creek closed Salmon River Road/NF - 30 for a time. Nearby weather stations in Lemhi county reported anywhere from 0.39 up to 0.58 in less than 30 minutes with these storms.
August 2013Flash FloodShoup$1,000A flash flood occurred in the lower Colson Creek area in northwestern Lemhi County over part of the old 2012 Mustang fire burn scar. Colson Creek Rd. and Road 30 needed to be graded afterwards to permit safe vehicle passage. Up to one foot of debris deposited on roads in several places. Also the increased flow, up to 2 feet in Colson Creek, broke up a temporary earthen dam that emptied a pond.
August 2014Flash FloodShoup$500About 20 ponderosa pine trees fell down onto the main Salmon River Road while one pine tree smashed the USGS river gauge on the Salmon River. Evidence revealed that debris flows occurred at Boulder Creek, Owl Creek, Colson Creek and at an unnamed gulch. The unnamed gulch produced a large debris flow with rock onto the main Salmon River Road. A man-made dam located near the delta of Colson Creek was damaged.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindShoup-Strong cold front triggered thunderstorms and caused the temperature to drop from 59 degrees to 46 in an hour. Wind gust occurred with thunderstorm outflow. No storm damage noted.
June 2023Debris FlowShoup-The Salmon-Challis National Forest reported that a landslide had fully blocked the Salmon River Road, one mile southwest of Pine Creek.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindShoup-The forest service reported that over 200 trees were blown down across a 22 mile stretch of road from Spring Creek to Long Tom Lookout.
August 2021Debris FlowShoup-Salmon-Challis National Forest officials reported a 30 feet wide by three feet deep sand and dirt debris flow across Salmon River Road, 1.5 miles west of Panther Creek. Another debris flow was reported from the Dutch Oven Creek drainage and was three feet wide, by four feet deep, including two to three boulders. The Salmon River Road was impassable from Panther Creek to Dutch Oven Creek through the morning hours of August 2nd. The Skull Gulch RAWS, located a few miles northwest of Panther Creek, reported 0.24 inches of rain from 1500 to 1600.
July 2013Flash FloodShoup-A forest service employee reported flash flooding that pushed debris across Salmon River Rd. east of Spring Creek closing one lane. Doppler radar estimated 0.78 of rainfall 30 minutes ending at 4:30 pm MDT across the Spring Creek basin.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindShoup-The Skull Gulch RAWS at 5878 feet measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2011Heavy RainShoup-A police officer estimated 1.50 inches of rain in 30 minutes.
August 2011HailShoup-A trained spotter measured hail 1.00 in diameter.
July 2007HailShoup-USFS lookout on Long Tom Mountain reported quarter sized hail.
July 2007HailShoup-USFS lookout on Long Tom Mountain reported penny sized hail.
June 2004Heavy RainShoup-no account filed
July 2004Heavy RainShoup-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindShoup-no account filed
July 2001HailShoup-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindShoup-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindShoup-no account filed
July 2000WildfireShoup-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindShoup-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lemhi 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
Ulysses (historical)8.7 miles10
Leesburg13.6 miles10
North Fork15.1 miles9
Blackbird18.4 miles10
Cobalt19.7 miles10
Carmen22.3 miles13
Gibbonsville22.4 miles13
Salmon24.5 miles13

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 ShoupAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7502750The 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 398126. 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.