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Smith Springs, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Carey census division. The Survey maps it on the Lake Walcott East quadrangle.

Smith Springs within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Smith Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,150 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRAFT RIVER VALLEY
31 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMP #2
3 August 1999Natural257 acresTwin Falls DistrictWALCOTT2S
28 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCOLDWATER 1
28 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCOLDWATER 2
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1,826 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMM 11
22 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use12 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMM 9
22 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined247 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHIGHWAY 30

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Smith Springs: 12 past producers, 7 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Broken Arrow RanchGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel Pit--Idaho Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
A. W. Smith Farm PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
A. W. Smith Farm PlacerGoldUnknown
Bancroft Claim PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Bessie Hannah PlacerGoldUnknown
Bessie PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Boise PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Boise PlacerGoldUnknown
Diamond Bar PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Blaine 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
DeWoff5.5 miles9
Hawley8.0 miles9
Wapi8.7 miles10
Cream Can Junction21.1 miles8
Tikura54.5 miles9
Carey57.1 miles9
Picabo61.1 miles7
Leduc (historical)62.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397172. 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.