BlockSublett, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Albion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83342. It stands on Sublett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sublett quadrangle. It stands 5,007 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sublett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sublett quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Sublett between 1992 and 2017, burning about 4,911 acres in total. 16 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | I84MP245N |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | SUBLETT |
| 6 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | HWY93 MM 6 |
| 5 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | I84 MM 245 |
| 22 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | SUBLETT2 |
| 21 August 1994 | Natural | 100 acres | Idaho Falls District | MP #248 |
| 19 August 1992 | Natural | 425 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | PARADE |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | COLD SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sublett: 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit--Idaho Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit--Idaho Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sublett in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublett | - | Mesonet station TR256, Sawtooth Portable No 2 recorded 64 mph wind gust. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Sublett | - | Hail the size of quarters dented metal siding of sheds and trailer homes, severly damaged outside house plants, chopped down alfalfa, severely damaged outside house plants, and accumulated to about one inch on ground. Weather spotter remarked that hail remained on the ground until the next morning. Sublett Road from Sublett to Sublett Reservoir was flooded with 6 to 12 inches of water. |
| May 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Sublett | - | Brief funnel cloud observed with Sublett storm. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Sublett | - | Quarter-size hail covered the ground and stripped leaves from trees. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Sublett | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Sublett | - | 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.
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 Sublett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q121088608 | 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 398195. 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.