Wayan, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Wayan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83285. It stands on Harrison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wayan West quadrangle. It stands 6,440 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1915 USGS Lanes Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wayan West quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Soda Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wayan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 269 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | OLSEN CREEK |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | BRIDGE CREEK |
| 1 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | GUN SMOKE |
| 30 July 2019 | Natural | 268 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TINCUP |
| 25 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge | HAYFIELD |
| 24 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | GRAYS LAKE |
| 21 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TINCUP |
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 Wayan: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Phosphate Occurrence | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wayan in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flood | Wayan | - | Flooding subsided in April with only minor flooding continuing mainly field sheet flooding in the bird refuge in Wayan. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Wayan | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Williamsburg (historical) | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Williamsburg (historical) | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Henry | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Freedom | 17.7 miles | 14 | |
| Meadowville | 19.1 miles | 13 | |
| Conda | 19.1 miles | 15 | |
| Soda Springs | 25.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rose | 27.2 miles | 16 |
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 Wayan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7975843 | 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 392955. 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.





