Cuprum, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Council census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83612. It lies near Hitchcock Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cuprum quadrangle. It stands 4,298 feet above sea level.
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On record in Cuprum
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- A. O. Huntley Barnlisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1920 USGS Seven Devils Mining District quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Cuprum quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Riggins quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Cuprum quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Cuprum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Cuprum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Payette National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BRONCO |
| 21 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | GRASS CANYON |
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Payette National Forest | PLACER |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BOULDER CREEK |
| 11 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | ALLISON |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | TRIPOD |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Payette National Forest | LOCKWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Cuprum: 19 prospects, 19 past producers, 13 occurrences, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1892, 1952 | |
| Arkansas Mine | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1887 | |
| Axe | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Creek | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Jacket Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1887, 1897 | |
| Calumet Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Frenchy's Mine | Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Helena Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1887 | |
| Humboldt Prospect | Copper, Gold | Prospect | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Lime Peak Group | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuprum in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuprum | - | A wind gust measured instantaneously at 76 mph at Snake River RAWS occurred as a line of thunderstorms moved west to east. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Cuprum | - | Multiple reports of hail ranging from 1-1.5 inches were submitted on social media. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Cuprum | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landore | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bear | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Helena | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rankin Mill | 14.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wildhorse | 17.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rubicon | 18.5 miles | 14 | |
| Tamarack | 18.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Ridge | 19.2 miles | 13 |
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 Cuprum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622883 | 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 396354. 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.






