Custer, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Stanley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83278. It stands on Adair Creek. The Survey maps it on the Custer quadrangle. It stands 6,470 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Custer quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Custer quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Custer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS White Cloud Peaks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Custer between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,713 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | RANKIN CREEK |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | JERRY |
| 9 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | FIVE MILE |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | CREALEY FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | ROOKIE |
| 4 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | ROOKIE |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | CUSTER |
| 29 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | RAMEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 93 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 93 workings within 5 miles of Custer: 44 prospects, 37 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcade Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Badger Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bonanza Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1922 | |
| Continental Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1878 | |
| Dubuque Mine | Gold, Mercury | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Enterprise Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Fourth of July Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| General Custer Mine | Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1876 | |
| Golden Sunbeam Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, REE | Past Producer | 1879, 1903 | |
| Gray Eagle Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Custer in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Custer | - | The Little Creek mesonet site measured a 64 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sunbeam | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Robinson Bar | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Torreys | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Casto | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lower Stanley | 16.6 miles | 16 | |
| Stanley | 17.4 miles | 16 | |
| Clayton | 18.0 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 Custer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3085818 | 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 396356. 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.







