Big Eddy, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. The Survey maps it on the Packer John Mountain quadrangle.

Big Eddy within Boise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1894 USGS Squaw Creek quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Banks 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 Packer John Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Big Eddy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 705 acres in total. 91 started naturally. None 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	91
Recreation and ceremony	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Debris and open burning	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 2013	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	WOODALL
9 September 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	HATCHET
8 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Boise National Forest	SWINGING BRIDGE
8 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	BEYERS CAMP
8 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	WILLIAMS CREEK
7 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Boise National Forest	WILLIAMS CREEK
7 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	MOUNTAIN
7 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	WILLIAMS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boise 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 Big Eddy: 1 unknown. 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	Unknown

Every working recorded in Boise 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Banks	9.4 miles	16
Crouch	10.0 miles	14
Garden Valley	12.0 miles	14
Brownlee	16.1 miles	16
Gardena	17.2 miles	15
Grimes Pass	17.8 miles	13
Quartzburg	18.7 miles	20
Granite	20.4 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396115. 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.