Buswell, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Potlatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83872. The Survey maps it on the Viola quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Buswell within Latah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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.

1910 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Viola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Buswell (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None 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
Natural	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3

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
9 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ponderosa Area Office	IDLERS REST
6 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	89 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	CHANEY
12 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	PLUMBING STRIKE
5 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	PARADISE POINT
5 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	POND 9
31 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	SHORT LOG
29 August 2001	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	FLANNIGAN CREEK
28 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	6.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	FOUR MILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Buswell (historical): 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone, Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Semiprecious Gemstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ayer Deposit No. 1	Kaolin	Occurrence	Clay
Greenwalt Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Ringo Hills	Silica	Occurrence
Whelan	Semiprecious Gemstone	Past Producer	1891
Cox Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
O'Donnell Opal Occurrence	Gemstone	Past Producer	1890
Ringo	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Ringo	Gemstone	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Latah 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Viola	0.4 miles	13
Advent Hollow (historical)	2.3 miles	14
Estes	3.8 miles	13
Moscow	7.1 miles	16
Potlatch Junction	8.3 miles	12
Potlatch	9.2 miles	12
Onaway	9.8 miles	12
Freeze	10.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399371. 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.