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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.

Thatcher within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

12 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictTHATCHER3
5 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictTHATCHER2
8 August 1998Natural4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictKING CREEK
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
27 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use8.5 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestLAGO
2 August 2016Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictKING CREEK
5 July 2003Recreation and ceremony280 acresIdaho Falls DistrictROCKY KNOL
28 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictANT CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Treasure Canyon Mill #2CalciumProducer
Treasure Canyon Quarry #2Limestone, GeneralProducer
Hale MineManganeseUnknown
Idaho Manganese Mining Company MineManganesePast Producer1922, 1925

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017FloodThatcher$1,720,000A 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 2017FloodThatcher$77,000Sheet flooding from snow melt continued in March but the effects decreased substantially from February. Road damage persisted along with some minor property damage.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Mound Valley3.6 miles13
Cleveland4.8 miles13
Oneida Station9.8 miles13
Treasureton11.8 miles13
Mink Creek12.5 miles14
Banida16.8 miles12
Riverdale18.1 miles13
Coulam18.5 miles12

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 ThatcherAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7711345The 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.