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Avimor, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Boise Hills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83714. It lies near Spring Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pearl quadrangle.

Avimor within Ada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Avimor between 1995 and 2018, burning about 11,453 acres in total. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 1995Natural1.0 acresBoise DistrictBIG GULCH
31 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictMM50 HWY55
30 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use415 acresBoise DistrictHIDDEN
30 August 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution264 acresBoise DistrictDRY CREEK
29 August 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRAZORBACK
25 August 2005Other causes2.0 acresBoise DistrictCUSTER
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined138 acresBoise DistrictASSIST 13 ADA COUNTY
8 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use276 acresBoise DistrictRA7 ADA CO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ada County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Avimor: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Dry Creek PlacersGoldUnknown
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Westview, Pearl DistrictSilver, GoldProducerFISSURE, FRACTURE FILLING VEIN
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomitePast ProducerSedimentary
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ada 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
Eagle7.2 miles17
Collister8.0 miles18
Highlands9.5 miles18
Ustick10.1 miles17
Boise Hills Village10.4 miles18
Garden City10.5 miles19
Cloverdale11.3 miles16
Boise11.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806608. 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.