Cardwell, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83861. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lindstrom Peak quadrangle.

Cardwell within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Emida quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Lindstrom Peak quadrangle1:24000
1995 USGS Lindstrom Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Cardwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 231 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 8 were 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	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Debris and open burning	10
Arson/incendiarism	8
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

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 2012	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	UPPER SYRINGA
9 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	FLAT CREEK
6 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	PETERSON
5 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	CROSBY 2
4 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	JACKALOPE
27 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	KITTLES
26 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	SOLDIER CREEK
24 September 2001	Natural	3.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	CHOULSON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cardwell: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron, Kaolin. 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
Decann Manganese Prospect	Manganese	Occurrence
Robert Hyde Prospect	Iron	Occurrence	Vein
Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Thorn Creek Hill Kaolinite Occurrence	Kaolin	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Pit Pw 77-5	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Benewah 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
Rover	0.8 miles	10
Alder Creek	2.5 miles	10
Lotus	3.2 miles	10
Mashburn	4.1 miles	9
Flat Creek	4.1 miles	9
Wayland	5.7 miles	9
Emida	6.7 miles	10
Saint Maries	7.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396233. 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.