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Cooper, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83544. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rudo quadrangle.

Cooper within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Cooper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 2 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
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
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresNez Perce TribeCASCADE SLASH
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHIDDEN SPRINGS
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.4 acresIdaho Department of LandsWOODS ROAD
4 September 2010Natural2.0 acresClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationFORD'S CREEK
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBANDMILL
28 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFRASIER-FORDS
23 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFORDS LOADER
2 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGOLDEN COBRA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cooper: 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Limestone, High Calcium, Asbestos. 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
Orofino Creek Anthophyllite OccurrenceAsbestosOccurrenceMetamorphic
Sewell Lime Company QuarryLimestone, General, Limestone, High CalciumPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
Rudo3.7 miles11
Brunning5.4 miles10
Fraser5.9 miles10
Cully Moores6.7 miles14
Blake6.8 miles10
Cow Creek7.3 miles10
Johnsons Mill7.4 miles10
Greer7.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399446. 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.