BlockCaribou City, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Swan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83285. It stands on Taylor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caribou Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1932 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:96000
- 1935 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Caribou mtn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Palisades quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Caribou City (historical) between 1992 and 2014, burning about 92 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CARIBOU |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | IOWA II |
| 7 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | IOWA |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | JACK KNIFE |
| 29 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 20 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
| 2 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MCCOY CREEK |
| 18 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Caribou City (historical): 17 past producers, 14 prospects, 13 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilk Gulch Placer | Gold, Platinum | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Caribou Mountain Feldspar Occurrence | Feldspar, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Pisgah, Caribou Mtn | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| North Fork of Eagle Creek Lode | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Robinson Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1877 | |
| Uranium Sampling Locality 39 | Uranium, Molybdenum, Coal, Germanium | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Bell Boy | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Evergreen Mine | Gold, Copper | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keenan City (historical) | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gray | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Herman | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Palisades | 17.4 miles | 16 | |
| Irwin | 21.2 miles | 16 | |
| Swan Valley | 24.7 miles | 16 | |
| Dehlin | 30.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bone | 31.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399821. 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.