Beeman, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83541. The Survey maps it on the Gifford quadrangle.

Beeman within Nez Perce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Culdesac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Gifford quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Beeman between 1992 and 2017, burning about 940 acres in total. 17 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	17
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Fireworks	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
2 September 2011	Smoking	60 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	CULDESAC
11 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	ANGEL JACK
9 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	PICKLE ROCK
8 August 2008	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	RICHMOND PLACE
7 August 2008	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	OBRIEN
5 August 2017	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	CULDESAC
27 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	GROWLER
27 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	GROWLER POINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beeman: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Nez Perce 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
German Settlement	1.5 miles	9
Eugene	3.0 miles	9
Gifford	3.1 miles	9
Melrose	3.7 miles	8
Chesley	4.2 miles	9
Big George	6.9 miles	10
Peck	7.2 miles	8
Lenore	7.2 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399493. 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.