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Cabarton, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cascade census division. It stands on Hurdy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alpha quadrangle.

Cabarton within Valley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Cabarton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 250 acres in total. 53 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
Natural53
Recreation and ceremony23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning11
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFENCE
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictISLAND RANCH
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise National ForestLOST
6 September 2008Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHIDDEN
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestFAWN
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestCOYER
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWILLOW CREEK
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestMARK WHITNEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cabarton: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: REE, Thorium, Geothermal, Zirconium, Titanium, Garnet, REE. 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
Big Creek PlacersZirconium, Titanium, Garnet, REE, IronPast ProducerSurface
Cabarton Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Clear CreekThoriumUnknown
Corral CreekThorium, REEUnknown
Long Valley MonaziteREEUnknown
Long Valley Monazite PlacerREEPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Valley 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
Belvidere2.8 miles17
Alpha3.5 miles17
Cascade5.6 miles13
Smiths Ferry9.6 miles16
Arling13.1 miles13
High Valley15.8 miles16
MacGregor (historical)17.8 miles13
Williams Creek Summit Home Area19.2 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 Q122563638The 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 396204. 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.