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Clarkia, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83812. It stands on West Fork Saint Maries River. The Survey maps it on the Clarkia quadrangle. It stands 2,828 feet above sea level.

Clarkia within Shoshone 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Clarkia between 1994 and 2019, burning about 100 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestANTHONY #10
14 September 2010Recreation and ceremony7.2 acresSt. Joe Area OfficeBLAIR CREEK
13 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestPOWERLINE 4
12 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSTAPLES 1-1/2
12 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMILE MARKER 59
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestWEST ANTHONY
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
7 August 1997Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestEAST ELK 7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone 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 Clarkia: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Garnet, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Kyanite. 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
Bussel Creek QuartziteQuartzOccurrence
Gold Center ProspectSilver, Gold, LeadOccurrenceGalena
Idaho Garnet Abrasive PlacerGarnet, KyanitePast ProducerPlacer
Unnamed LocationGoldPast Producer
Copper King MineLead, CopperProspect
Titley ProspectLead, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Emerald Creek GarnetGarnetProspect

Every working recorded in Shoshone County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarkia in 2 storm reports in 2006: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006HailClarkia-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindClarkia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shoshone 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
Keeler4.7 miles11
Emerald Creek5.8 miles10
Calder18.7 miles9
Pocono19.5 miles8
Herrick19.7 miles9
Erlmo20.3 miles9
Marble Creek20.4 miles9
Horsecamp23.3 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.

Wikipedia article on ClarkiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3248653The 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 396292. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.