Crystal, Idaho

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.

• 1929 USGS Bayhorse quadrangle1:125000
• 1957 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1960 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Bald Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1963 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:62500
• 1982 USGS White Cloud Peaks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1989 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Crystal (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 15 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Clayton
• Challis
• Garden City (historical)

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Crystal (historical): 7 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Custer County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399441. 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.