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Cavendish, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Elk River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83537. The Survey maps it on the Southwick quadrangle.

Cavendish within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Cavendish between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,752 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning12
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresNez Perce TribeBOULDERL1
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKOMNICK MD
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,631 acresClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationCLOVER
7 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresNez Perce TribeSOUTH ROAD
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCEDAR CREEK
6 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor310 acresCottonwood Field OfficeHARPERSBND
6 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresNez Perce TribeCOOK'S GRADE
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEND OF RAINBOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cavendish: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Garnet, Asbestos. 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
Cavendish QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cavendish SummitREE, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, GarnetOccurrence
Cedar Creek Placer DepositTitanium, REEPast Producer1956
Herb Olson ProspectTitanium, Thorium, REEUnknown
Teakean Asbestos ProspectAsbestosOccurrenceAnthophyllite
Teakean Butte OccurrenceGold, Iron, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, GarnetOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
Teakean2.9 miles10
Peck4.2 miles8
Ahsahka7.1 miles11
Bruce Eddy8.3 miles11
Riverside8.5 miles10
Orofino11.0 miles10
Dent13.0 miles11
Konkolville13.3 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 CavendishAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5055004The 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 397534. 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.