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Central Cove, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Huston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83676. It lies near Clarks Island. The Survey maps it on the Marsing quadrangle.

Central Cove within Canyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Central Cove between 1996 and 2012, burning about 40 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
10 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBoise DistrictCLARKS
21 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresBoise DistrictCENTRLCOVE
24 November 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeJENSEN ISLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Central Cove: 7 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Marsing ClayClayProducer
Rock Tepe MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Canyon 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
Sunnyslope3.9 miles13
Huston4.2 miles13
Allendale4.8 miles13
Greenleaf5.1 miles13
Wilder5.5 miles13
Doles6.0 miles13
Knowlton Heights6.4 miles13
Weitz6.9 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122559264The 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 396265. 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.