Avery, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83802. It stands on Kelley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Avery quadrangle. It stands 2,486 feet above sea level.
On record in Avery
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 8 records
Avery Depotlisted 1984
Cedar Snagslisted 1984
Milwaukee Chicago St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company Historic Districtlisted 2000- Avery Ranger Stationlisted 1974
- Bullion Tunnellisted 1984
- Grand Forkslisted 1984
- Mallard Peak Lookoutlisted 1984
- Red Ives Ranger Stationlisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Avery quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Avery quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Avery between 1992 and 2017, burning about 56 acres in total. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | STETSON |
| 7 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | 186 |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | AVERY HILL |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | AVERY DUMPSTER |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 20 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | FISHHOOK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Avery: 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar Group | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Setser Prospect | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Setser Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Kelley Creek Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| Kelley Creek Prospect | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avery in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Hail | Avery | - | A member of the public reported 1 inch size hail covering the ground with estimated 45 mph winds at Avery, Idaho. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Avery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q761379 | 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 396059. 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.
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.







