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Camas County, Idaho
34 topographic sheets cover 11 settlements here, and 1 property is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 123 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 1 property here is on the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a building.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 11 populated places in this county; 11 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
1Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Skillern House | building | 1984 | 84001111 |
Wildfire, 1992 to 2020
159 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 159 of them, burning about 179,718 acres. 103 started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 103 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | 111,497 acres | Twin Falls District | BEAVER CREEK |
| 7 August 2013 | Natural | 23,389 acres | Twin Falls District | MCCAN |
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 18,047 acres | Twin Falls District | WILLOWCREK |
| 28 July 2013 | Natural | 7,143 acres | Twin Falls District | FIR GROVE |
| 20 August 2018 | Natural | 5,375 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | STEWART CREEK |
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5,280 acres | Twin Falls District | COW CREEK |
| 5 August 2020 | Natural | 2,110 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | PHILLIPS CREEK |
| 16 October 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2,079 acres | Twin Falls District | POWELL CRK |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1961 to 2025
26 of 26 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 26 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $25,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 8 |
| Hail | 6 |
| Tornado | 4 |
| Flash Flood | 4 |
| Heavy Rain | 3 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1961 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | Mesonet station SLDMT 9.8 NW Soldier (UUNET) measured a wind gust of 64MPH as a thunderstorm passed over. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfield Arpt | - | Mesonet station FAFI measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 62 mph. No damages were reported. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | Mesonet station SLDMT recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph. No damages were reported. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | The mesonet station on Soldier Mountain measured a wind gust near 60 mph on the thunderstorm. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Soldier | - | The mesonet station COSI1 at Couch Summit measured 0.80 inches of rain. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Atlanta | - | The mesonet station FLEI1 on Fleck Summit measured 1.41 inches of rain. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Blaine | - | Accumulating water on roadways. Traffic on US-20 slowed to 40 mph. Motorcyclists were trapped. A spotter reported 2.65 inches of rain in the last hour. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Blaine | - | This corrects previous hail reports from 8 miles East of Fairfield. The largest hailstones reported were estimated to be quarter-sized, half-inch hail preceded the largest hailstones. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Fairfield Arpt | - | The mesonet station FW8833 measured 0.71 inches of rain. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Selby | - | A photo of a funnel cloud south of Fairfield was posted in Facebook. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Fairfield | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding on the Ketchum-Featherville road near mile post 21. A mud slide stranded campers and their trailers in Baumgartner campground overnight. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Soldier | - | A few Forest Service roads were washed out in the Beaver Creek burn scar. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Fairfield | - | The Forest Service office in Fairfield reported quarter size hail just east of town. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City Tracy Arpt | - | Official storm survey indicated shingles were blown off the roof of a house and trees were blown down in an Aspen grove. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Fairfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fairfield | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Fairfield | - | no account filed |
| August 1986 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | - | no account filed |
| July 1985 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | - | no account filed |
| June 1982 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | - | no account filed |
| June 1970 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | - | no account filed |
| June 1967 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | - | no account filed |
| May 1965 | Hail | not stated | - | no account filed |
| July 1961 | Hail | not stated | - | no account filed |
| June 1961 | Tornado | not stated | - | no account filed |
Mines and quarries
137 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 137 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 129 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Silver | 59 |
| Gold | 49 |
| Lead | 38 |
| Geothermal | 15 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 9 |
| Silver, Lead | 5 |
| Tungsten | 4 |
| Lead, Zinc | 3 |
| Copper, Lead | 3 |
| Zinc | 3 |
| Lead, Silver | 2 |
| Lead, Silver, Zinc | 2 |
| Zinc, Silver | 2 |
| Zinc, Silver, Lead | 2 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Brooks Pumice Deposit Prospect | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Boyd Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bret Hart Prospect | Silver, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Buttercup Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Carrie Leonard Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Climax Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Commonwealth Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| El Oro Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Emma Creek Prospect | Gold, Molybdenum, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Fourth of July Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Gertie Riddle Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Producer | 1886 | |
| Golden Dawn Prospect | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Hidden Treasure Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hill Side Prospect | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Jane Lee Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| King of the West Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1881, 1882 | |
| Last Chance Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Little Bear Prospect | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Main Moly Prospect | Molybdenum, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Mountain King | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Perseverance Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Princess Blue Ribbon Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Princess Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Plant | ||
| Silver Mine Unnamed | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Star Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1881 | |
| Smokey Bullion Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sunday Group Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Sulfur | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Tyrannus Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| Axolotl Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Horseshoe Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Kansas Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Red Horse Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Leaf Claims Nos. 1-3 | Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Stuart Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Tip Top Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Vienna Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Dollarhide Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Gold Run Creek Prospect | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Isabella Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1881 | |
| Ivanhoe Prospect | Silver, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Richard Allen Mine | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Smokey Group | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Stormy Galore Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| Unnamed Location | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Windsor Prospect | Silver, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Corral Creek Tungsten Deposit | Tungsten | Producer | Ferberite | |
| Corral Creek Tungsten Deposits | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Harrison | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Wise Tungsten Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Bundy Mine | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Idaho Chief Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Old Sam Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Texas Star Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect No. 15 | Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Barrons Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| E Mizer | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Elk Creek Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Light Foot Hot Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Skillern Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Basin Group | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Lead, Silver | |
| Cliff Prospect | Gold, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| D H D Prospect | Silver, Lead | Prospect | 1964 | |
| Dorgan Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Flynn Consolidated Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Run Creek Outcrop Prospect | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gopher Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Grampis Mine | Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Margaret Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Massive Quartz Deposit | Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Mccarter Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Prince of India Mine | Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Red Star Prospect | Lead | Prospect | Vein | |
| Saidie May Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Silver Crown Mine | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Stratford Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Taft Prospect | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Turner Mine | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Silver-Lead Mine | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Wild West Mine | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Baker Peak Prospect | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Baltic Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Carrie Creek Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Crown Point Prospect | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Crystal Clear Placer Claim | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Cumberland Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Diamond Prince Claim | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gold Mountain Prospect | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Run Creek Prospect | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Ibex Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| John L. Placer Claims | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Jolly Roger Claims | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Last Chance Claim | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Little Bear Creek Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Little Smokey Enterprises | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Lonely Man Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Old Ironsides Claim | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Perkons Lake Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Rawley Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Raymond and Aurora Claim Groups | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Red Cloud Prospect | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Rex Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Rives Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Rollins Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ross No.1-10 Placer Claims | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ross Nos. 1-10 Placer Claims | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Silver King Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Shield Prospect | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Stacy Gray Placer Claims | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Tip Top Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Triple J Claims | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect No. 41. | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Lee Prospect | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Old Ironside | Silver | Unknown |
Every populated place in the county
11Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
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Blaine
East Camas census division · 83327 · On Fricke Creek · Macon quadrangle
11 sheets, 1955 to 1986
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Carrietown
East Camas census division · 83327 · Dollarhide Mountain quadrangle
14 sheets, 1900 to 1992
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Corral
West Camas census division · 83322 · On Sheep Creek · Corral quadrangle
10 sheets, 1955 to 1986
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Macon
East Camas census division · 83327 · On Willow Creek · Macon quadrangle
11 sheets, 1955 to 1986
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Punkin Corner
West Camas census division · 83322 · On Corral Creek · Corral quadrangle
10 sheets, 1955 to 1986
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Rands
East Camas census division · 83327 · On Elk Creek · Spring Creek Reservoir quadrangle
11 sheets, 1955 to 1986
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Selby
East Camas census division · 83327 · Spring Creek Reservoir quadrangle
11 sheets, 1955 to 1986
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.