BlockTunupa, Idaho
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the Shoshone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83330. The Survey maps it on the Tunupa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Tunupa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Tunupa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,525 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Gooding County | RURAL ASSIST 3 |
| 26 September 2004 | Natural | 10 acres | Twin Falls District | TUNUPA |
| 21 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | RRMP328N |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | 20 acres | Twin Falls District | MAIN CANAL |
| 11 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Twin Falls District | 5426MP155 |
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 287 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY26 MM159 |
| 31 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 49 acres | Twin Falls District | OHLINGER |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 952 acres | Twin Falls District | GOODTIME2 |
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 Tunupa: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566779 | 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 398266. 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.