Wapello, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Blackfoot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Blackfoot quadrangle. It stands 4,547 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wapello between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | LITTLE INDIAN |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Idaho Falls District | HELLS HALF ACRE S |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 2 |
| 2 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Idaho Falls District | MILE 100 |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | WEST PERGA |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | EAST PURGA |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | HADES |
| 9 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | NORTH LAVA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wapello: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wapello in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Wapello | - | The public took several pictures of a tornado located 4 miles south-southeast of the town of Bone in Bonneville County but the tornado occurred in Bingham County near the county border. It occurred completely in open field and no damage occurred. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Rose | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Firth | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Goshen Junction | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Blackfoot | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| McDonaldville | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Peterson (historical) | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Groveland | 6.4 miles | 13 |
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 Wapello | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851738 | 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 397298. 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.






