BlockWinder, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Preston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83263. The Survey maps it on the Banida quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Preston quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Banida quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Winder between 1994 and 2012, burning about 1,310 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 use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 1996 | Fireworks | 410 acres | Idaho Falls District | TWINLAKES |
| 16 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 900 acres | Idaho Falls District | TWIN LAKES |
| 10 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CLIFTON |
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 Winder: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Creek Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Vincent Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Wayland Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence |
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.
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 Winder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851759 | 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 375961. 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.