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Barite, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hailey-Bellevue census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83333. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hailey quadrangle.

Barite within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Barite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,481 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
2 September 1999Fireworks18 acresTwin Falls DistrictWOODSIDE
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictQUIGLEY2
11 September 2011Natural240 acresTwin Falls DistrictINDIAN GULCH
5 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined154 acresTwin Falls DistrictCROY CREEK
3 August 1999Natural1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictINDIANCR
2 August 2011Natural1.5 acresTwin Falls DistrictINDIAN CREEK
18 August 2004Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictWATERGULCH
6 July 2014Fireworks728 acresTwin Falls DistrictCOLORADO GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Barite: 26 past producers, 17 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Lead, Gold, Lead, Silver. 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
Ada Jane and Bismuth ClaimsArsenic, MolybdenumUnknown
Chief of the HillsQuartzUnknown
ClimaxLead, Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Climax MineCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer1882
Commodore PropertyZinc, Silver, Lead, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Imperial GroupGold, Zinc, Stone, Dimension, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Imperial Group MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Jensen-Stevens MineLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Le Despencer MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Le Grande Group MineLead, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Blaine 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
Hailey2.6 miles16
Gimlet3.5 miles16
Clarendon Hot Springs4.7 miles17
Bullion6.4 miles10
Broadford6.5 miles12
Triumph7.2 miles17
Bellevue7.3 miles12
Elkhorn Village8.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396071. 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.