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Bayhorse, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Challis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83226. It lies near Beardsley Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bayhorse quadrangle.

Bayhorse within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Bayhorse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestBULL
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestGERMER
4 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestBAYHORSE
27 August 2020Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPACIFIC
25 August 1995Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestHAPPY HOLLOW
23 August 2013Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictBISHOP
21 August 1998Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestGERMER BASIN
2 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestBOULDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Bayhorse: 18 past producers, 12 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, 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
Bayhorse DistrictCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, TungstenProducerHYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT, VEINS
Bayhorse LeadLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Beardsley MineLead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper
Cave MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Democrat ProspectLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerReplacement
Forest Rose MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Js ProspectZinc, LeadProspect
Julliette LodeLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperProspect
Keno MineGold, Lead, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Keystone MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Beryllium, SilverPast Producer1877

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Challis8.5 miles11
Garden City (historical)8.9 miles11
Crystal (historical)9.0 miles14
Clayton10.7 miles13
Torreys18.3 miles14
Custer20.4 miles15
Robinson Bar22.0 miles15
Bonanza22.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396082. 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.