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Cardiff, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83546. It stands on Little Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jaype quadrangle.

Cardiff within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Cardiff between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. 46 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNORTH SNAKE
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMCCAULY CREEK
19 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDEMOCRAT RIDGE
11 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE SHANGHAI
1 September 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH REEDS
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSNAKE CREEK
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHDQTRS CAMP
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOW CAMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater 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 Cardiff: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Silica. 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
Headquarters PitStoneProducer
Reeds CreekSilicaProspect
Little Beaver Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Poorman's Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Quartz Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Shanghai Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Clearwater County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cardiff in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2011: 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2011Heavy RainCardiff-The equipment reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.90 inches.
October 2011Heavy RainCardiff-The observation equipment at Shanghi Summit reported 1.00 inch of rainfall.
June 2007Funnel CloudCardiff-Media reported a funnel cloud over Cardiff.

Every storm 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
Hollywood1.8 miles14
Jaype3.2 miles14
Headquarters3.8 miles14
Pierce5.8 miles10
Poorman6.1 miles14
Oro Fino (historical)6.4 miles10
Judge Town6.9 miles10
Cardiff Mill7.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396232. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.