BlockBeer Bottle Crossing, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Council census division. It lies near Indian Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cold Spring Ridge quadrangle. It stands 6,197 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cold Spring Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Cold Spring Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Beer Bottle Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,408 acres in total. 57 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 | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Payette National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LABOR DAY |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | CABIN |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BOUNDARY |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Payette National Forest | POISON TIMBER |
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Payette National Forest | MICA FIRE |
| 21 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Payette National Forest | ROAD 214 |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beer Bottle Crossing: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Mica, Feldspar, Feldspar, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mica Queen Mine | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Stites Prospect | Feldspar, Mica | Prospect | Feldspar, Muscovite | |
| Unknown | Stone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Valley | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mesa | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hillsdale (historical) | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Council | 13.8 miles | 14 | |
| Alpine | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hoover | 14.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bacon | 16.9 miles | 11 | |
| Goodrich | 17.6 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q4879942 | 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 396097. 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.