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Taber, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Atomic City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Taber quadrangle.

Taber within Bingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Taber between 1993 and 2017, burning about 26,837 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined909 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTABER
8 August 1997Natural30 acresIdaho Falls DistrictWINDY RIDG
6 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use16 acresIdaho Falls District600
4 August 1993Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictCEDARS 4
4 August 1993Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictCEDARS 2
4 August 1993Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictCEDARS 1
25 August 2011Natural4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSECTION
25 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIdaho Falls District290

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Taber: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
No. 49 PitPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Bingham County

Storms near this place

25 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taber in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009HailTaber$1,000,000Extensive marble sized hail caused thousands of acres of wheat to be lost at a farm near Taber.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTaber$30,000Bingham County reported 5 power poles snapped off near Taber and N 1400 W and US 26 with fires also reported.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindTaber-A 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was measured at the Taber mesonet site.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindTaber-The Tilden Flats ITD mesonet site recorded a 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTaber-Mesonet station TAB 3 recorded a 59 mph wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTaber-A 58 mph wind gust measured at the Taber mesonet site.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindTaber-A 59 mph wind gust measured near Taber.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindTaber-Sixty mph wind gust estimated by spotter.
April 2018Funnel CloudTaber-KIFI News 8 posted picture of funnel cloud 7 miles west of Taber.
April 2018Tornado (EF0)Taber-Tumbleweeds and tree limbs lifted into the air.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTaber-A 62 mph wind gust measured 3 miles west of Taber.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindTaber-A 64 mph wind gust was recorded at the Taber INL site.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindTaber-A 65 mph wind gust was recorded at the Materials Fuels Complex ARL site at INL.
August 2014Flash FloodTaber-One to 2 inches of rain in less than an hour flooded some farmland in the Taber area.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindTaber-Sixty-seven mph wind gust in thunderstorm recorded at Taber.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTaber-The Taber Mesonet site reported an 83 mph wind gust at 10:35 pm MDT and another 63 mph gust at 10:50 pm MDT.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTaber-Fifty-eight mph wind gust near Taber.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindTaber-Sixty mph wind gusts measured at Taber ARL FRD site. Power outages reported in the Taber area.
June 2009HailTaber-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindTaber-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTaber-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTaber-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindTaber-no account filed
January 1998Thunderstorm WindTaber-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindTaber-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bingham County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fullmer1.2 miles9
Olsen4.2 miles9
Havens6.1 miles9
Atomic City10.9 miles9
Rockford12.0 miles10
Liberty12.5 miles10
Rouse12.8 miles12
Aberdeen Junction13.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398212. 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.