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Burgdorf, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Riggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83638. It stands on Jeanette Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burgdorf quadrangle.

Burgdorf within Idaho County

On record in Burgdorf

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Burgdorf between 1992 and 2020, burning about 67,003 acres in total. 45 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
Natural45
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestBEAR PETE
4 September 2016Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestJEANETTE
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestCRYSTAL MOUNTAIN
24 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestCRYSTAL MOUNTAIN
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestRUBY
8 August 2014Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestPETE
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestFLAT CREEK
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestKELLY MEADOWS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Burgdorf: 9 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, REE, Gold, REE, Silver. 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
Burgdorf Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Duerden ProspectSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperProspectBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamby Mining GroupThorium, Titanium, REEProspect
Jeanette Creek Quartz DepositQuartzPast Producer
Josephine LakeTungsten, ZincProspect
Lake Creek PlacerGold, REE, ThoriumPast Producer1897
Laughing Water GroupGold, REE, Mercury, Titanium, GarnetPast ProducerPlacer
Lucky StrikeREE, Gold, Mercury, Titanium, ZirconiumPast ProducerPlacer
Resort PlacersCorundum, GemstoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
French Creek11.8 miles12
Green12.2 miles11
Cable Car Crossing12.3 miles11
Turner12.4 miles11
Warren12.6 miles12
Seaburg15.1 miles12
Florence16.6 miles10
Riggins Hot Springs16.8 miles13

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 BurgdorfAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4099421The 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 378513. 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.