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Two Forks, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Driggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83422. It stands on Woods Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bates quadrangle.

Two Forks within Teton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Two Forks between 1995 and 2015, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
13 September 2015Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestDRY HENDERSON
15 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestVEHICLE
7 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHORSESHOE
4 October 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestVEHICLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Teton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Two Forks: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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
Sulphur SprsSulfurOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Teton 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
Twin Forks1.6 miles13
Bates1.9 miles13
Driggs3.6 miles13
Cache5.2 miles10
Fox Creek5.6 miles13
Chapin6.0 miles13
Darby6.0 miles13
Cedron6.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398284. 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.