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Blake, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83544. It stands on Whiskey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orofino East quadrangle.

Blake within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Blake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,026 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Natural44
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHIDDEN SPRINGS
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,900 acresMaggie Creek Area OfficeMM 49
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationRANCHETTES
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCASCADE DRIVE
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEACH BUM
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGREER CEDAR
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCottonwood Field OfficeUNCLE DAVE
28 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Blake: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, High Calcium, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure. 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
Clearwater Lime Products Co. QuarryLimestone, General, Limestone, Ultra PurePast ProducerLimestone
Clearwater Lime Products Co. QuarryMarble, Dimension, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerMetamorphic
Clearwater Lime Products Co. QuarryLimestone, Ultra Pure, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Fords Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Gaffney PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
OrofinoCalciumOccurrence
Big Creek Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
ClearwaterLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
OrofinoLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Orofino Quarries No. 1 and No. 2Limestone, High CalciumPast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
Konkolville1.9 miles10
Brunning1.9 miles10
Orofino4.1 miles10
Hansberg4.9 miles11
Greer5.8 miles10
Fraser6.0 miles10
Best Corner6.3 miles11
Riverside6.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399382. 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.