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Cross Trails, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. The Survey maps it on the Cottontail Point quadrangle.

Cross Trails within Idaho 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Cross Trails between 1992 and 2020, burning about 129,188 acres in total. 58 started naturally. None 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
Natural58
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBULL CREEK
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsTORTILLA FLATS
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsTEPEE
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsQUARTZITE
5 August 2002Natural277 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsARLINGTON
5 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsOREGON
4 August 2002Natural374 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsFITZ
30 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use2,365 acresPayette National ForestTOMATO POINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cross Trails: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, REE, Titanium, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc. 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
Blue JayGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Blue Jay Mine/Sterling Silver 1,2,3Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer
PaulGold, Silver, REE, TitaniumOccurrence
Wallis ProspectTitaniumProspect
War Eagle MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1898
War Eagle MineGold, Tungsten, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Salmon River Placer Co.GoldPast Producer
Victory ProspectGoldOccurrence

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
Concord7.5 miles13
Calendar10.3 miles13
Mackay Bar12.0 miles11
Midasville13.1 miles10
Turner13.1 miles11
Dixie13.3 miles10
Cable Car Crossing13.4 miles11
Green13.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 380097. 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.