Wooleys, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83254. It stands on Georgetown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nounan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Nounan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Nounan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Wooleys between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2020 | Natural | 38 acres | Bear Lake County | GEORGETOWN |
| 28 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 26 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | W.BENINGTN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wooleys: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear River Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Co-op Creek Prospects | Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Nounan Group | Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lindsayville | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Novene | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Nounan | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bennington | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bern | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sharon | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 9.9 miles | 13 |
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 Q122546534 | 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 401700. 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.







