BlockWapi, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Carey census division. The Survey maps it on the Gifford Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Yale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Gifford Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Wapi between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26,400 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | SELLECK |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 768 acres | Idaho Falls District | WAPI |
| 27 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | WAPI |
| 11 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge | UNITSIX |
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | 10,201 acres | Twin Falls District | NORTH WAPI |
| 5 August 2007 | Natural | 13 acres | Idaho Falls District | WAPI |
| 27 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | UPRR MM258 |
| 27 August 1999 | Natural | 1,610 acres | Twin Falls District | WAPI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeWoff | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Smith Springs | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hawley | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cream Can Junction | 18.8 miles | 8 | |
| Tikura | 55.9 miles | 9 | |
| Carey | 57.4 miles | 9 | |
| Picabo | 62.1 miles | 7 | |
| Leduc (historical) | 63.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398314. 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.