Simplot, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Caldwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83607. The Survey maps it on the Caldwell quadrangle.

Simplot within Canyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Simplot in 1992, burning about 2 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
Debris and open burning	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
22 August 1992	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge	Y66 BLDG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Simplot: 6 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Clay Industrial	Clay	Unknown
Caldwell Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Canyon 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
Weitz	1.4 miles	13
Enrose	2.3 miles	13
Caldwell	2.5 miles	13
Doles	2.7 miles	13
Bugtown (historical)	3.2 miles	13
Greenleaf	4.4 miles	13
Underkoflers Corner	4.7 miles	13
Huston	4.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397165. 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.