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Bellgrove, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Coeur d'Alene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83814. It stands on Bellgrove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockford Bay quadrangle.

Bellgrove within Kootenai County

On record in Bellgrove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Bellgrove between 1992 and 2018, burning about 115 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 2 were 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2012Natural1.5 acresNorthern Idaho AgencySTRINGHAM ROAD
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthern Idaho AgencyVOGEL
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRED HOG
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeLOFFS BAY
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsBENNETT BAY 29
20 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIdaho Department of LandsROCKFORD BAY
2 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFIGHTING FIRE
18 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMUNDT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bellgrove: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, 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
Shoshone MineLead, Zinc, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Kootenai 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
Rockford Bay2.8 miles14
Len Landing4.0 miles15
Lyondale (historical)6.1 miles15
Mica6.4 miles15
Setters6.7 miles12
Ch'ach'alqw Landing7.0 miles10
Mozart8.6 miles9
Harrison8.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397426. 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.