BlockBlaine, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Genesee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83843. The Survey maps it on the Moscow East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Moscow East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Moscow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Moscow East quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Blaine between 1994 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BLAINE ROAD |
| 12 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | PINE PATCH |
| 31 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PARADISE RIDGE |
| 10 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PONDEROSA |
| 10 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PARADISE RIDGE |
| 8 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TOMER BUTTE FIRE |
| 31 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | JOEL |
| 8 May 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HIGHWAY 8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Blaine: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Silica, Quartz, Silica, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Quartz Occurrence | Quartz | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Paradise Ridge Silica Deposit | Silica, Quartz | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Unnamed Location | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Jester Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Joel Quarry | Stone | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Blaine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19873544 | The 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 376141. 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.