Careywood, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83809. It stands on Careywood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Careywood quadrangle. It stands 2,280 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Careywood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Careywood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Careywood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK SPRINGS 2 |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GRANITE HILL |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | VERTICAL PILE |
| 25 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | INDIAN GIVER |
| 23 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | OLD 95 |
| 22 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARNHART |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LONG MTN |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | OLD PILE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Careywood: 12 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Uranium, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Horn | Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Cape Horn Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Glowing Rock Prospect | Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| Halliwill Prospect | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | Torbernite | |
| North Light | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Silver Star | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Silver Star Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Tungsten Occ. #2 Bonner County | Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Halliwill | Uranium, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Occurrence | Iron, Tungsten | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Careywood in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Careywood | $500 | A tree was blown down on a power line in Sandpoint, ID. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Careywood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5039231 | The 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 396235. 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.








