Thatcher, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Mink Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83263. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thatcher quadrangle. It stands 4,902 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Thatcher quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Thatcher quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Thatcher between 1993 and 2016, burning about 319 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | THATCHER3 |
| 5 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | THATCHER2 |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | KING CREEK |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 27 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LAGO |
| 2 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | KING CREEK |
| 5 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 280 acres | Idaho Falls District | ROCKY KNOL |
| 28 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | ANT CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Thatcher: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Limestone, General, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasure Canyon Mill #2 | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Treasure Canyon Quarry #2 | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Hale Mine | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Idaho Manganese Mining Company Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1922, 1925 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thatcher in 2 storm reports in 2017: 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Thatcher | $1,720,000 | A major warmup beginning early in the month created extensive snow melt from record winter snows and massive sheet flooding. Many homes received extensive damage but the main problem in the county was extensive road damage. Many roads and bridges washed out and had to be closed. Many culverts also washed out and 28 were determined to be in need of major repair. Flooding to wells and septic systems in personal homes caused contamination of water in many cases. The state of Idaho declared Franklin County a disaster area. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Thatcher | $77,000 | Sheet flooding from snow melt continued in March but the effects decreased substantially from February. Road damage persisted along with some minor property damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Valley | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cleveland | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oneida Station | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Treasureton | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mink Creek | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| Banida | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Riverdale | 18.1 miles | 13 | |
| Coulam | 18.5 miles | 12 |
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 Thatcher | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7711345 | 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 398230. 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.








