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Asbestos Point, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It stands on Big Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hungry Ridge quadrangle.

Asbestos Point within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Asbestos Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,420 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 5 were 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
Natural74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1,260 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsEARTHQUAKE CREEK
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBEAR SPRINGS
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsDRY GULCH
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCOVE FIRE
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsDUMP CREEK
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsPRIVATE DUMP CREEK
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSOUTH FORK STATION
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Asbestos Point: 8 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grouse Creek PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer1890
Happy Jack DepositIron, Manganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Lucky Win MineUraniumProspect1954
Ophir LodeGold, Copper, Cobalt, Silver, IronPast Producer
Wickieup Creek DepIronProspect
Clara Ophelia PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Fisher PlacerGoldPast Producer1895
Geary PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Holmes PlacerGoldPast Producer1929

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Mount Idaho9.6 miles9
Harpster11.7 miles11
Grangeville12.2 miles9
Shells Lick12.6 miles10
Golden13.8 miles13
Clearwater14.4 miles9
Fall Creek15.3 miles13
Old Golden15.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 376737. 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.