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Chilco, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83801. It lies near Rimrock. The Survey maps it on the Hayden Lake quadrangle.

Chilco within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Chilco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 7 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 burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHICKEN COOP
6 September 2011Smokingunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEAST OHIO MATCH
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCARCELLO
27 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSHENANDOAH
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEL DORADO
22 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNORTH CIRCLE
20 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsWILKINSON RD
20 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsLODGEPOLE SLASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Chilco: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Stone, 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
Chilco Moly DepositMolybdenumProspect
Commonwealth MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1892
Gish PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Powder Horn PitStoneProducer
Shamrock ProspectLead, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Hayden Creek MinesSilverOccurrence
Two Brothers ProspectSilverOccurrenceVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kootenai 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
Corbin Junction2.3 miles16
Garwood2.7 miles15
North Pole2.8 miles16
Ramsey3.3 miles15
English Point5.7 miles17
Twinlow5.9 miles16
Harris Landing5.9 miles17
Sturgeon6.1 miles15

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 Q122567110The 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 396277. 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.