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Virginia, Idaho

10 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 83234. It stands on Yago Creek. The Survey maps it on the Downey West quadrangle. It stands 4,800 feet above sea level.

Virginia within Bannock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Virginia between 1992 and 2017, burning about 3,072 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSMITH
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use11 acresIdaho Falls DistrictARIMO
26 September 1993Debris and open burning150 acresIdaho Falls DistrictWIREGRASS
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined117 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSMITH CANYON
10 September 2012Natural120 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHOG HOLLOW
8 August 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictMARSH VALLEY WEST
29 August 1994Natural39 acresIdaho Falls DistrictARKANSAS
27 August 1997Debris and open burning60 acresIdaho Falls DistrictFLAGS WEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Virginia: 19 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gravel PitStonePast Producer
Jack R Parsons Construction Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bannock County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Virginia in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2003Thunderstorm WindVirginia-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Marsh Valley1.7 miles10
Cambridge4.0 miles10
Arimo4.6 miles10
Downey5.0 miles10
Robin7.2 miles10
Downata Hot Springs8.3 miles10
Zenda9.8 miles10
Hawkins10.0 miles10

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 VirginiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q55757656The 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 397295. 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.