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Turnpike, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Montpelier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83233. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bear Lake North quadrangle.

Turnpike within Bear Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Turnpike between 1992 and 2014, burning about 3,109 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
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
3 September 2011Natural3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBEAR LAKE CO ASST 1
2 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined97 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMERKLEY
2 September 1992Smoking150 acresBear Lake National Wildlife RefugeMERKLEY
7 August 1998Natural1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBEAR LAKE
3 August 1996Fireworks5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMERKLEY #2
2 August 1996Arson/incendiarism600 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMERKLEY
17 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBEAR LAKE ASSIST 1
5 July 2001Natural4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTUBBS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bear Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Turnpike: 8 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Geothermal. 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
Bear Lake Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Dingle Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationRheniumOccurrence
Hot Springs DepositsPhosphorus-PhosphatesProspectBedded - Phosphate
Hots Springs Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrenceUnderground
Unnamed LocationPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bear Lake 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
Bear Lake Hot Springs0.1 miles13
Lifton2.8 miles13
Bear Lake Sands4.1 miles13
Saint Charles6.6 miles14
Harer7.3 miles12
Pegram7.5 miles12
Dingle7.6 miles13
Fish Haven8.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 376182. 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.