BlockSoldier, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83327. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield quadrangle. It stands 5,115 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Soldier between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26,192 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 153 acres | Twin Falls District | POWELL CRK |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | 23,389 acres | Twin Falls District | MCCAN |
| 14 August 2015 | Natural | 125 acres | Twin Falls District | DEER CREEK |
| 26 October 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.6 acres | Twin Falls District | WELLS SUMMIT JUNCTION |
| 2 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | 441 acres | Twin Falls District | PINEY |
| 16 October 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | DEER CREEK |
| 16 October 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2,079 acres | Twin Falls District | POWELL CRK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Soldier: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Star Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Soldier in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | Mesonet station SLDMT 9.8 NW Soldier (UUNET) measured a wind gust of 64MPH as a thunderstorm passed over. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | Mesonet station SLDMT recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph. No damages were reported. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | The mesonet station on Soldier Mountain measured a wind gust near 60 mph on the thunderstorm. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Soldier | - | The mesonet station COSI1 at Couch Summit measured 0.80 inches of rain. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Soldier | - | A few Forest Service roads were washed out in the Beaver Creek burn scar. |
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.
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 Soldier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14687308 | The 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 397181. 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.