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.
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.
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Taber quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 909 acres | Idaho Falls District | TABER |
| 8 August 1997 | Natural | 30 acres | Idaho Falls District | WINDY RIDG |
| 6 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Idaho Falls District | 600 |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | CEDARS 4 |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | CEDARS 2 |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | CEDARS 1 |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | SECTION |
| 25 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | 290 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 49 Pit | Pumice | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Hail | Taber | $1,000,000 | Extensive marble sized hail caused thousands of acres of wheat to be lost at a farm near Taber. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | $30,000 | Bingham County reported 5 power poles snapped off near Taber and N 1400 W and US 26 with fires also reported. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was measured at the Taber mesonet site. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | The Tilden Flats ITD mesonet site recorded a 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | Mesonet station TAB 3 recorded a 59 mph wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | A 58 mph wind gust measured at the Taber mesonet site. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | A 59 mph wind gust measured near Taber. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | Sixty mph wind gust estimated by spotter. |
| April 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Taber | - | KIFI News 8 posted picture of funnel cloud 7 miles west of Taber. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Taber | - | Tumbleweeds and tree limbs lifted into the air. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | A 62 mph wind gust measured 3 miles west of Taber. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | A 64 mph wind gust was recorded at the Taber INL site. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | A 65 mph wind gust was recorded at the Materials Fuels Complex ARL site at INL. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Taber | - | One to 2 inches of rain in less than an hour flooded some farmland in the Taber area. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | Sixty-seven mph wind gust in thunderstorm recorded at Taber. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | Fifty-eight mph wind gust near Taber. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | Sixty mph wind gusts measured at Taber ARL FRD site. Power outages reported in the Taber area. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Taber | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taber | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fullmer | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Olsen | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Havens | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Atomic City | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rockford | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rouse | 12.8 miles | 12 | |
| Aberdeen Junction | 13.3 miles | 12 |
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.



