BlockChesley, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83524. The Survey maps it on the Reubens quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Culdesac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Reubens quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Chesley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 988 acres in total. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | BOGG DOWN |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BIG CANYON |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK CREEK |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LAPWAI |
| 2 September 2011 | Smoking | 60 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | CULDESAC |
| 18 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | OLD GILL |
| 15 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 65 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CULDESAC |
| 12 September 2011 | Fireworks | 36 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | AIRPORT ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chesley: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 Q122562125 | The 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 397545. 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.