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Clark Tree, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk City census division. It stands on April Creek. The Survey maps it on the Musselshell quadrangle.

Clark Tree within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Clark Tree between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,018 acres in total. 131 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
Natural131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsAUSTIN
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsDOLLAR
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsFAN
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsFOURBIT
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBRADY
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsMYSTERY
28 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsFAN CREEK
26 September 2005Natural2.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestGETAWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clark Tree: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Thorium. 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
Eldo Placer ClaimsThorium, REEOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Musselshell Creek PlacerGold, REE, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, GarnetPast ProducerPlacer
R W Beck DepositClayUnknown
Musselshell PlacersThorium, GoldProspect
Eldorado Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Lolo Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Glenwood7.4 miles9
Syringa10.1 miles10
Lowell12.2 miles10
Caribel12.6 miles10
Tahoe14.7 miles12
Big Cedar15.9 miles12
Harrisburg16.7 miles11
East Kamiah17.0 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 Q122540342The 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 396291. 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.