Wolverine, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Alridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83236. The Survey maps it on the Wolverine quadrangle.

Wolverine within Bingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1924 USGS Ammon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Wolverine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Palisades quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Wolverine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 9 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	9
Recreation and ceremony	3
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
7 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	WOLVERINE 2
7 September 2005	Other causes	175 acres	Idaho Falls District	WOLVERINE
28 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	TAYLOR 2
6 August 1993	Natural	2.0 acres	Idaho Falls District	HENRYS CR
3 August 1992	Natural	30 acres	Idaho Falls District	WOLVERINE
24 August 2020	Natural	17 acres	Bingham County	WOLVERINE CANYON
15 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	NARROWS
15 August 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	WOLVERINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wolverine: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Vanadium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Miner Creek Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Surface
Taylor Creek Phosphate Deposit	Vanadium, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence
Wolverine Creek Canyon Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, Dimension	Occurrence	Limestone
Wolverine Creek Phosphate Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium	Prospect	Surface
Wolverine Creek Travertine Deposit	Limestone, General	Unknown
Sampson #1	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
Williams Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Prospect

Every working recorded in Bingham 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Alridge	6.1 miles	12
Goshen	8.0 miles	11
Cox	8.9 miles	11
Trailton (historical)	10.5 miles	12
Shelley	12.1 miles	13
Mitchell	12.2 miles	13
Basalt	12.3 miles	10
Goshen Junction	13.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398379. 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.