BlockBrownlee, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Horseshoe Bend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83670. It stands on North Fork Brownlee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dry Buck Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Squaw Creek quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Banks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Dry Buck Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Brownlee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,088 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PINE |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | S. FK SOLDIER CREEK |
| 29 September 1993 | Smoking | 40 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | LIBERTY MINE |
| 13 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MILE MARKER 72 ON HWY 55 |
| 13 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | MILE POST 73 |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CRUICKSHANK |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BROWNLEE |
| 9 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,796 acres | Boise County | TIMBER BUTTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brownlee: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Iron, Silver, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gem State Consolidated Mines | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Old Liberty Group | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Quarry Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardena | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Horseshoe Bend | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Banks | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Quartzburg | 14.0 miles | 20 | |
| Howell (historical) | 14.9 miles | 15 | |
| Granite | 15.5 miles | 20 | |
| Big Eddy | 16.1 miles | 16 | |
| Star Ranch Summer Home Area | 16.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 378275. 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.