Belvidere, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cascade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83611. It stands on Olson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alpha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Squaw Creek quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Smiths Ferry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Alpha quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Belvidere between 1992 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 40 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 | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WICKHAM |
| 9 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FENCE |
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | ISLAND RANCH |
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COAT FIRE |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LOST |
| 6 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | HIDDEN |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | COYER |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WILLOW CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Belvidere: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, REE, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Garnet, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Placers | Zirconium, Titanium, Garnet, REE, Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Corral Creek | Thorium, REE | Unknown | ||
| Pearsol Creek | Zirconium, REE, Garnet, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | 1880 | |
| Cabarton Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Long Valley Monazite | REE | Unknown | ||
| Long Valley Monazite Placer | REE | Past Producer | Placer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belvidere in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Belvidere | - | The COCORAHS station ID-VL-11 4.4 miles southeast of Cascade measured 1.04 inches of heavy rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabarton | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cascade | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Alpha | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Arling | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Smiths Ferry | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| MacGregor (historical) | 15.1 miles | 13 | |
| Roseberry | 17.6 miles | 13 | |
| Donnelly | 17.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396101. 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.





