Topaz, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Bannock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83246. It stands on East Bob Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haystack Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Topaz within Bannock 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.

1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Haystack Mtn quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Topaz (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,948 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 2 were 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	36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Fireworks	14
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
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 September 2005	Power generation/transmission/distribution	150 acres	Idaho Falls District	MULLEN
3 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	WHEEL
27 September 2019	Natural	2.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	CRYSTAL SPRINGS
27 September 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	Idaho Falls District	STEEL BRDG
20 September 2000	Natural	2.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	MULLEN
2 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Bannock County	DEMPSEY
15 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	358 acres	Idaho Falls District	LAVA III
1 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	SPORTSMAN ACCESS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Topaz (historical): 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Manganese, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Laketown Dolomite	Stone, Magnesite	Prospect
Lava Hot Spring	Geothermal	Occurrence
Saturday Group Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence
Sunday Group Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence
Fish Haven Dolomite	Magnesite	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lava Hot Springs	Manganese	Past Producer	1955
Topaz Dolomite Mining Claim	Magnesite	Occurrence	Dolomite

Every working recorded in Bannock 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lava Hot Springs	4.0 miles	10
Dempsey (historical)	4.8 miles	12
McCammon	5.9 miles	10
Arimo	6.5 miles	10
Marsh Valley	8.4 miles	10
Robin	9.2 miles	10
Virginia	10.1 miles	10
Cambridge	12.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399264. 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.