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Belmont, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83801. The Survey maps it on the Athol quadrangle.

Belmont within Kootenai County

On record in Belmont

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

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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Belmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsROCK SPRINGS 2
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsARTHUR ROAD
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSOUTH CHILCO MTN.
27 September 2000Debris and open burning2.5 acresIdaho Department of LandsBOHN PILE
20 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsALICE CT 09
18 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSIMMS LANE
18 September 2007Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestHOLLOW CEDAR
1 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsREMINGTON RD. 17

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Belmont: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum. 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
Bradbury ProspectCopper, Lead, Zinc, MolybdenumProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite
Cedar MountainSilver, LeadPast Producer
Chilco Moly DepositMolybdenumProspect
North LightGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Sage ProspectGoldUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kootenai County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belmont in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013LightningBelmont$200,000A bolt of lightning started a home on fire on Good Hope Road in Althol, ID. The homeowner got out safely but the fire, fueled by natural gas in the home, destroyed everything inside.

Every storm 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
Athol3.9 miles16
Corbin Junction4.9 miles16
Bayview5.6 miles18
North Pole5.6 miles16
Wright (historical)6.2 miles16
Chilco7.1 miles17
Garwood9.8 miles15
Ramsey9.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 377339. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.