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Taylorville, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Idaho Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83404. The Survey maps it on the Idaho Falls South quadrangle.

Taylorville within Bonneville County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Taylorville between 1994 and 2017, burning about 52,614 acres in total. 2 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2002Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMIDNIGHT
23 August 1999Natural25 acresIdaho Falls DistrictEUCHER
21 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined52,512 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHENRYS CREEK
7 July 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution16 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTAYLOR
31 July 1994Natural39 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTAYLOR
25 April 2009Equipment and vehicle use5.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTAYLOR
26 March 1994Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTAYLOR CR.
15 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBONNEVILLE COUNTY ASSIST 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonneville County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Taylorville: 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Perlite. 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
PerlitePerliteOccurrence
Gravel Pit, Bonneville CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Idaho Falls PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Idaho Falls Pumice Co. DepositPumiceProducerPumice
Pumice Deposit (Indian Siding Pit)PumiceOccurrencePumice
Taylor and Henry Creek Pumice DepstPumiceUnknown
Valley Ready Mix PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bonneville 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
Gerrard0.2 miles13
Cotton4.1 miles13
Idaho Falls5.8 miles13
Ammon7.1 miles14
Lincoln9.8 miles12
Orvin10.5 miles14
Iona11.3 miles12
Beachs Corner11.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399269. 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.