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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.

Belvidere within Valley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

120 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural40
Recreation and ceremony27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning14
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresIdaho Department of LandsWICKHAM
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFENCE
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictISLAND RANCH
7 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOAT FIRE
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise National ForestLOST
6 September 2008Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHIDDEN
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestCOYER
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWILLOW CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Creek PlacersZirconium, Titanium, Garnet, REE, IronPast ProducerSurface
Corral CreekThorium, REEUnknown
Pearsol CreekZirconium, REE, Garnet, Titanium, IronProspect1880
Cabarton Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Long Valley MonaziteREEUnknown
Long Valley Monazite PlacerREEPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Valley County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024Heavy RainBelvidere-The COCORAHS station ID-VL-11 4.4 miles southeast of Cascade measured 1.04 inches of heavy rain.

Every storm recorded in Valley 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
Cabarton2.8 miles17
Cascade2.9 miles13
Alpha6.0 miles17
Arling10.4 miles13
Smiths Ferry12.4 miles16
MacGregor (historical)15.1 miles13
Roseberry17.6 miles13
Donnelly17.8 miles13

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.