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Blackcloud, Idaho

18 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 stands on Blackcloud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Osburn quadrangle.

Blackcloud within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

67 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Blackcloud between 1993 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 29 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2

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
26 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOUNT PULASKI
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresIdaho Department of LandsNUCKOLS GULCH
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeREVENUEGUL
18 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDUDLEY
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCataldo Area OfficeREVENUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 222 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 222 workings within 5 miles of Blackcloud: 81 past producers, 62 occurrences, 43 prospects, 24 producers. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Lead. 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
Ambergris MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer1919
ArgentineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Benton MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Mercury, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
Bonanza Gold ProspectSilver, GoldProspectVein
Caladay MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Capital Silver ProspectSilver, Zinc, Lead, CopperOccurrenceVein
Castle Rock MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Coeur D'Alene DistrictGold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Copper, CadmiumProducer1878, 1884
Coeur MineSilver, Antimony, Copper, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer1885, 1892, 1998
East Coeur D'Alene DistrictZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverOccurrence

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
Bunn0.5 miles18
McCarthy0.9 miles17
Woodland Park1.3 miles17
Webb1.3 miles17
Gem2.0 miles19
Nuckols2.0 miles18
Gentry2.2 miles17
Wallace2.4 miles17

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 Q122569581The 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 395116. 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.