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Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83861. It stands on Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Maries quadrangle.

Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 851 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning27
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Natural10 acresNorthern Idaho AgencyUPPER ECHO
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthern Idaho AgencyCASSANDRA HILLS
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS 2
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS
30 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARTY SCENE
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKITTLES
25 September 2002Debris and open burning20 acresNorthern Idaho AgencySKIPS
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMUTCH CREEK 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff: 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Benewah Lake Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrenceClay
Carmon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engle Mtn.Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperUnknown
Round Lake Peat OccurrencePeatOccurrencePeat
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceBrick ClayOccurrenceClay
Dement PitStoneProducer
Mauro PitStoneProducer
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
Joseph QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Benewah 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
Meadowhurst2.4 miles10
Riverdale2.5 miles10
Saint Maries2.6 miles10
Milltown3.3 miles10
Ramsdell4.1 miles9
Parkline4.4 miles9
Silvertip Landing5.1 miles9
Omega6.6 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.

Wikidata item Q122557342The 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 2082024. 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.