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Carmen, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Salmon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83462. It stands on Carmen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salmon quadrangle. It stands 3,825 feet above sea level.

Carmen within Lemhi County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Carmen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,883 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 4 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
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestFERNSTER
21 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestB SPUR
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictLEMHI COUNTY ASSIST 2
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestDIAMOND
5 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestBIRD
4 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictDIAMOND
31 August 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictTOWER BLUF
22 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictDERIAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lemhi County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Carmen: 14 occurrences, 14 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Thorium. 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
Amagosa MineLead, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, SilverPast Producer1882
Andrews MineGold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceVein
Bob Moore Creek ProspectTungsten, Copper, Lead, GoldOccurrence1882
Bob Moore Uranium ProspectUraniumOccurrence
ContactCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Contact Claim GroupThorium, REE, Uranium, GoldOccurrenceMonazite, Thorite
Salmon BentoniteBentoniteUnknown
Salmon Sandstone Quarry S.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Silverton ProspectLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Simer ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Thorium, Uranium, REE, Niobium (Columbium)OccurrenceMonazite

Every working recorded in Lemhi County

Storms near this place

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carmen in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2010LightningCarmen1 killedA 37 year old man riding a horse was struck by lightning and killed.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCarmen$10,000Road crews, the public, and the county emergency manager all had reports of damage from the strong winds during the late evening. Power companies reported outages to approximately 600 customers due to trees on power lines. A storm spotter in the area reported losing a few shingles, while another resident lost a stove pipe off the roof on the west side of Salmon, ID. Road crews reported downed Cottonwood trees on US-93.
August 2013HailCarmen$2,500A trained spotter northeast of Carmen estimated that most hail sizes ranged between 0.75 and 1 but there were a few that were up to ping pong size. The hail damaged several fruit trees and tomatoes. His neighbor's wood siding on his house was also damaged.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCarmen$500A person from the public reported a small metal building had been thrown across a ranch, ending up in the ditch near the corner of Long Road and US-93. The Lemhi County Sheriff reported a few trees down around Salmon. One of the larger trees was deemed unhealthy. A person from the public located 5 miles ESE of North Fork reported the winds blew the roof off of a chicken house and a 15 foot tall tree fell over the Fourth of July Creek Road.
August 2013HailCarmen-A person from the public estimated ping pong size hail as she was rafting on the Salmon River about 100 yards north of the Salmon River I-93 bridge about one mile south of Carmen, Idaho. Their floating party was unable to reach the beach due to strong southerly winds and proceeded to be pelted by large hail for at least five minutes. She reported vivid black and blue bruises on her arms and legs. Her garden located in Carmen was damaged extensively by the hail.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCarmen-Winds were measured by the Kriley Creek RAWS.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCarmen-Wind gust reported from Kriley Creek RAWS.
August 2009HailCarmen-A spotter reported 1.75 inch hail on the ground near Highway 93 and Tower Creek.
August 2009HailCarmen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lemhi 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
Salmon4.6 miles13
Leesburg11.8 miles10
North Fork12.5 miles9
Baker13.2 miles10
Williams Lake Resort16.4 miles12
Blackbird19.5 miles10
Ulysses (historical)20.2 miles10
Cobalt20.7 miles10

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 CarmenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5043402The 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 397530. 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.