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Copperville, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grangeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83554. It stands on White Bird Creek. The Survey maps it on the White Bird quadrangle.

Copperville within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Copperville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,411 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 3 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeHOOTS
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLOST RAIL
30 September 1996Recreation and ceremony40 acresCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeBETTY CR
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCottonwood Field OfficeDOUMECQ
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresIdaho Department of LandsGREGORY
9 August 2010Naturalunder an acreCraig Mountain Area OfficeMILE MARKER 222
8 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGREGORY CREEK
7 August 2008Natural75 acresIdaho Department of LandsBANNER RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Copperville: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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
Diamond Drill MineSilver, GoldOccurrence
Idaho Con. Copper Co.SilverOccurrence
Cooper Bar PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Taylor BarGoldPast Producer

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
White Bird1.4 miles10
Taylor5.6 miles10
Canfield6.4 miles10
Slate Creek8.3 miles11
Joseph8.7 miles8
Mexican Place10.5 miles9
Shells Lick10.9 miles10
Boles14.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397572. 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.