Stone, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83252. The Survey maps it on the Stone quadrangle. It stands 4,567 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Stone quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Stone between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,814 acres in total. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CAT'S SMOKE IN TREE |
| 14 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SNOWVILLE LANDFILL |
| 10 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SNOWVILLE |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | GRANDINE |
| 5 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | STONE 2 |
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | BALLY |
| 23 August 2017 | Natural | 90 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HURD |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | GRANDINE 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stone: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. Harris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Jc Harris Pit No.02145 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Snow Pass Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Snow Pass Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Snowville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Snowville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stone in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone | - | Large tree limbs downed in Stone with shingles removed from one home. |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Stone | - | Several photographs from the public showed a funnel cloud near the Utah and Idaho border near interstate 84 just north of Snowville, Utah. The funnel nearly reached the ground. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Stone | - | Farmers and ranchers in Oneida County were declared by the USDA to qualify for natural disaster assistance due to crop damage from heavy August rains. Eastern Idaho barley crop damage was estimated at 64 million dollars with a portion of that in Oneida County. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Stone | - | Tornado touching ground east of Stone over mountains. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Stone | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgedale | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ireland Springs | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Black Pine | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook Summit | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Juniper | 17.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cedarhill | 17.4 miles | 9 |
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 Stone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7618820 | 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 398190. 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.



