BlockClearwater, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83552. It stands on Rabbit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stites quadrangle. It stands 2,549 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1924 USGS Weippe quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Stites quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kooskia quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Clearwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,455 acres in total. 66 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 | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | HARPSTER |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | SEARS CREEK |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | RABBIT CREEK |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Maggie Creek Area Office | CEDAR CREEK #4 |
| 24 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WILD PLUM |
| 2 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CLEAR CREEK |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | CORRAL HILL |
| 15 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CEDAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Clearwater: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Switchback Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Clearwater | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Corral Hill | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Paysack | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clearwater in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Hail | Clearwater | - | no account filed |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Clearwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5130918 | 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 372052. 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.