Sweet, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sweet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83670. It stands on Yergenson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montour quadrangle. It stands 2,559 feet above sea level.
On record in Sweet
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Sweet Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Boise quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Boise quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montour quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Montour quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Sweet between 1992 and 2018, burning about 16,118 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 490 acres | Boise District | JOHNSON CR |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BROWNLEE |
| 30 August 2017 | Natural | 51 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | SWEET |
| 24 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | BUTTE ROAD |
| 2 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Boise District | REGANBUTTE |
| 21 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | SWEET |
| 19 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | JC |
| 18 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Boise District | FROZEN DOG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sweet: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE. 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Johnson Creek | REE, Gold, Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Lucky Gem | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Old Liberty Group | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Quarry Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Roystone Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweet in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Sweet | - | The mesonet station, OLSI1, at NRAWS 17, measured 1 inch of rain. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet | - | Davis weather station at Jacobus Ranch. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweet | - | A trained spotter near Ola reported a wind gust of 66 MPH. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sweet | - | A trained spotter near Ola reported 1 inch hail. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Sweet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montour | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Marsh (historical) | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Black Canyon | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Plaza | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pearl | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Emmett | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Aikman (historical) | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cold House | 13.5 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 Sweet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7655152 | 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 397232. 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.







