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Carbonate, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Mullan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83846. It stands on East Fork Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mullan quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Carbonate within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Carbonate (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2

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
20 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestBORAX PILE
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestST. COPPER
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestCOPPER GULCH
16 September 2009Natural7.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestWONDERFUL
11 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMORNING
10 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsUPPER STEVENS
10 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCataldo Area OfficeSTEVENS LAKE
1 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestWONDERFUL TRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 162 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 162 workings within 5 miles of Carbonate (historical): 62 occurrences, 46 prospects, 33 past producers, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Lead, 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
Alice Consolidated MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Alice MineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1912
Allied ProspectSilver, Gold, LeadProspect1967
Amazon - Dixie MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerGold, Silver
Atlas MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Copper QueenSilver, Copper, LeadOccurrence
Floiodo MineGold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, SilverUnknown
Giant MineCopper, Lead, SilverProspect
Gold Creek MineLead, Copper, Zinc, SilverProducerVein
Gold Hunter MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, AntimonyProducer1884, 1887

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Dorsey (historical)1.0 miles17
Larson1.4 miles17
Mullan2.2 miles17
Pottsville (historical)3.2 miles17
Borax (historical)5.1 miles17
Bullion (historical)5.2 miles17
Mace5.3 miles19
Burke5.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396230. 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.