Staley Springs, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Island Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83429. It stands on Timber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Targhee Peak quadrangle. It stands 6,486 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Henrys Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Targhee Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Hebgen Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Targhee Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Staley Springs between 1996 and 2014, burning about 87 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | RAYNOLDS |
| 15 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SQUAW |
| 26 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | PARK |
| 23 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | STALEY |
| 11 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BLACK MOUNTAIN |
| 30 June 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BLACK MOUNTAIN |
| 24 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | ROCK CREEK #2 |
| 24 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | ROCK CREEK #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Staley Springs: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Travertine, Stone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone/Dolomite Deposit | Limestone, General, Magnesite, Dolomite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Iron Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Driftwood | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Driftwood #2 | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Idaho Driftwood | Travertine | Past Producer | ||
| Idaho Driftwood #1 | Travertine | Past Producer | ||
| Talc Occurrence | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Tick Heaven Talc Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Flat Rock | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rea | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Trude | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Big Springs | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Island Park | 16.6 miles | 11 | |
| Box Canyon | 19.5 miles | 11 | |
| Last Chance | 20.3 miles | 11 |
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 Staley Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q92988654 | 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 398177. 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.






