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Blacktail, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83860. It stands on Pearl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minerva Peak quadrangle.

Blacktail within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Blacktail between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTALACHE ROAD
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestGREEN LARCH
24 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsBOULDER ROAD
23 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE BUTLER
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestTALACHE CREEK
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresPend Oreille Area Office117
13 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOORLY DONE
11 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestKILROY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Blacktail: 17 occurrences, 17 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Gold, Copper, 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
Appolo GroupSilver, LeadOccurrence
Bluebird MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, ZincProducerVein
Brown BearSilver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Gold CoinSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Gold Coin MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Iron MaskSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
MacburneyUraniumOccurrence
MariposaGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Minerva and WhalenGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bonner 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
Talache Landing0.7 miles16
Talache1.4 miles16
Evans Landing3.9 miles16
Granite3.9 miles16
Garfield5.3 miles16
Westmond6.4 miles18
Sagle6.5 miles18
Newman6.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396145. 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.