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Archabal, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the McCall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83638. The Survey maps it on the Lake Fork quadrangle.

Archabal within Valley 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.

Fires near this place

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Archabal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 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
Natural27
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2014Recreation and ceremony63 acresIdaho Department of LandsWHITE CLOUD
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWALK
28 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWISDOM ROAD
22 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBARREL
2 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGRASSY
16 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTWIN FORKS
13 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEAST LAKEFORK
11 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOONRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley 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 Archabal: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium. 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
Boulder Creek PlacerTitaniumProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Fork County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Fork PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Long Valley S & G Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Soulen Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Valley 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
Lake Fork2.2 miles13
Norwood2.8 miles13
Old Fort3.1 miles13
Elo (historical)4.1 miles16
McCall4.6 miles16
Spink5.5 miles13
Donnelly8.3 miles13
Roseberry8.9 miles13

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 Q122598754The 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 396048. 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.