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Winsper, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83423. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lidy Hot Springs quadrangle.

Winsper within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Winsper between 1995 and 2001, burning about 16 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
21 August 2001Natural10 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBLUECREEKN
10 August 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBLUE CREEK
31 July 1995Smoking3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictWINSPER
10 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLIDDY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Winsper: 7 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Geothermal, Uranium. 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
Bentonite OccurrenceStone, DimensionUnknown
Birch CreekIronPast Producer
Lidy Hot Springs LimestoneLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Lidy Hot Springs OccurrenceUranium, ThoriumOccurrence
ProspectClayOccurrence
Bentonite OccurrenceBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Bentonite OccurrenceBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Lidy Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Thermal SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Lidy Hot Springs1.8 miles8
Dubois15.4 miles8
Jones Crossing16.0 miles9
Highbridge19.2 miles8
Blue Dome21.1 miles8
Kaufman (historical)21.1 miles8
Lone Pine22.6 miles8
Spencer23.6 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122559895The 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 397315. 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.