BlockBig Cedar, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83539. It lies near The Horn. The Survey maps it on the Big Cedar quadrangle.
On record in Big Cedar
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.
Big Cedar Schoollisted 2016 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1924 USGS Weippe quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Big Cedar quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Kooskia quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Big Cedar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Big Cedar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,534 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2006 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | WALLOW |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BIG HORSE |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | UPPER RIDGE |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | SWAN |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maggie Creek Area Office | CEDAR CREEK #4 |
| 24 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WILD PLUM |
| 20 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | TAHOE |
| 2 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CLEAR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Big Cedar: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit 141 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396112. 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.