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Broten, 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. The Survey maps it on the Talache quadrangle.

Broten 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Broten between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined21
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning6
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGARFIELD
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresPend Oreille Area OfficeEAGLE CREST
3 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOS 016 GLENGARY 2
3 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOS 017 GLENGARY
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBREEN BAY II
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGARFIELD BAY
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTERRAPIN STATION
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBURIED CEDAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Broten: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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
Gold CoinSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Gold Coin MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
NaomiSilver, LeadProspect
Silver Fox GroupLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Sulphide MineZinc, Lead, CopperOccurrenceVein
Sulphide MineCopperProspect
Bay CityLead, SilverOccurrence
Lost PennyGoldOccurrence
Lost Penny ProspectGoldOccurrenceVein

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
Newman1.3 miles16
Glengary2.3 miles16
Garfield2.6 miles16
Sunnyside4.2 miles14
Trestle Creek5.6 miles14
Hope6.1 miles16
Lignite6.6 miles18
Talache6.6 miles16

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 Q122566107The 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 395517. 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.