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Alturas City, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83716. It stands on Rabbit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atlanta West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Alturas City within Elmore County

On record in Alturas City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Alturas City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 35 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
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony3

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
27 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise National ForestPOWER PLANT
23 September 2006Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestYUBA
2 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestGROUSE CR.
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestGREYLOCK
1 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise National ForestCHATTANUGA
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestDALEY
8 August 1999Natural35 acresSawtooth National ForestGREYLOCK
7 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestSNOW SLIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Alturas City (historical): 22 past producers, 8 prospects, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Boise - Rochester MineSilver, Gold, SulfurPast Producer1869
Bosie RochesterGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Golden StingerGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Little Queens MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1951
Minerva MineGold, Silver, Silica, AntimonyPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Monarch MineGold, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1863, 1865
Money ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, ZincProspectVein
Tahoma MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerMiargyrite, Pyrargyrite
Atlanta DistrictGold, Silver, TungstenProducerGOLD - QUARTZ VEINS
Buffalo MineSilver, GoldPast Producer1864

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Atlanta1.8 miles16
Spanish Town (historical)8.0 miles14
Rocky Bar10.3 miles14
Featherville14.2 miles16
Paradise Hot Springs18.1 miles16
Pine23.3 miles16
Prairie30.0 miles17
Reclamation Village36.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399418. 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.