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Black Bear, Idaho

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Osburn-Wallace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83873. It lies near Bell Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Burke quadrangle.

Black Bear within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

71 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Black Bear between 1993 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 35 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
Natural35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeROCK CREEK
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDUDLEY
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDUDLEY
18 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDUDLEY
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestMOONSHINE RIDGE
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCataldo Area OfficeREVENUE
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTIGER PEAK 1
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGOOSE PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 273 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 273 workings within 5 miles of Black Bear: 84 past producers, 83 occurrences, 63 prospects, 24 producers. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Silver. 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
Allied ProspectSilver, Gold, LeadProspect1967
Benton MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Mercury, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
Canyon Silver MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Champion Gold and Silver MineZinc, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer
East Coeur D'Alene DistrictZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverOccurrence
East Coeur D'Alene RegionLead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Gold, CopperProducer
Gertie MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceVein
Golconda Lead MinesLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProducerQuartz, Sphalerite
Golconda MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1927
Gold Creek MineLead, Copper, Zinc, SilverProducerVein

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Frisco0.5 miles19
Cornwall0.8 miles19
Gem1.0 miles19
Mace1.6 miles19
Burke1.7 miles19
Bunn2.5 miles18
Webb2.8 miles17
Blackcloud2.9 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q118133808The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396130. 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.