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De Lamar, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97910. It lies near China Gulch. The Survey maps it on the De Lamar quadrangle.

De Lamar within Owyhee County

On record in De Lamar

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of De Lamar between 1997 and 2017, burning about 6,889 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictSLAUGHTERHOUSE
5 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictSULLIVAN
21 August 2006Natural6,074 acresBoise DistrictCHUBBY SPAIN
13 August 1999Natural212 acresBoise DistrictHINKE
26 July 2004Natural1.0 acresBoise DistrictHAWKS NEST
9 October 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictDELAMAR RD
19 October 2017Recreation and ceremony294 acresBoise DistrictMOSS
17 October 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined307 acresBoise DistrictRA 1 OWYHEE CO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 78 workings within 5 miles of De Lamar: 45 past producers, 17 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 5 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Jack-Trade Dollar MineSilver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, MercuryPast Producer1889
Soda SpringTinUnknown
Trade DollarGold, Copper, Silver, Mercury, LeadPast Producer
DeLamar Mining Co., Sommercamp Adit No. 2Silver, Gold, AntimonyPast Producer1863
Henrietta MineSilver, Gold, AntimonyPast Producer1875
Delamar MillsiteMercuryPast Producer
Eagle Rock PlacersGold, MercuryUnknown
Wagontown Mercury ProspectMercuryOccurrenceVein
Wagontown TinMercuryUnknown
Copper OccurrenceCopperOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Owyhee County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Lamar in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Funnel CloudDe Lamar-A funnel cloud was reported by social media near Cow Creek in Owyhee County. The location is approximate.
June 2006HailDe Lamar-no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindDe Lamar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Owyhee 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
Dewey3.8 miles14
Telegraph Hill4.5 miles13
Silver City5.2 miles13
Democrat5.8 miles14
Slacks Corner6.2 miles13
Empire City (historical)7.1 miles10
Petersons Crossing7.2 miles14
Flint7.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396379. 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.