BlockCarothers Place, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. It stands on Horse Thief Creek. The Survey maps it on the Antelope Spring 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
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Antelope Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Triangle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Antelope Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Carothers Place (historical) between 1994 and 2013, burning about 703 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Boise District | BIRCH CR. |
| 13 August 2013 | Natural | 242 acres | Boise District | BACHMAN |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | 456 acres | Boise District | TOY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Carothers Place (historical): 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alter Creek Mining Co | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Crown Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold, Silver | |
| Golden Crown Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Last Chance Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiry Place | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Crill Place | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Doyle Place | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Oreana | 11.9 miles | 18 | |
| Triangle | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Empire City (historical) | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sinker (historical) | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Morgan Place | 17.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396238. 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.