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Bruce Eddy, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83544. The Survey maps it on the Ahsahka quadrangle.

Bruce Eddy within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Bruce Eddy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,366 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined67
Natural45
Debris and open burning38
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Other causes2

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 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsEUREKA RIDGE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,631 acresClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationCLOVER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationRANCHETTES
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNez Perce TribeSLAUGHTER HOUSE
5 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFREEMAN CREEK
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWIXSON HEIGHTS SUB
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEACH BUM
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIdaho Department of LandsAHSAHKA RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Bruce Eddy: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, High Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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, Ultra Pure, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
DeweyGold, SilverPast Producer
Fords Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Freeman Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Fork, Clearwater RiverGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Sylvanite Gold-Copper PropertyGold, CopperOccurrence
ClearwaterLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Dworshak Dam StoneStonePast ProducerMetamorphic
Olson AsbestosAsbestosUnknown
OrofinoLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

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
Riverside1.3 miles10
Ahsahka1.9 miles11
Orofino3.0 miles10
Konkolville5.1 miles10
Teakean5.4 miles10
Blake6.6 miles10
Peck7.6 miles8
Brunning8.0 miles10

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 Q122542228The 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 396180. 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.