Dent, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83544. It stands on Ove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dent quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Dent quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Dent quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Dent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 43 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Clearwater Potlatch Timber Protective Association | OLD BROWN TENT |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clearwater Potlatch Timber Protective Association | WEDDING PARTY |
| 6 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WEDDING PARTY |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WET |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FREEMAN CREEK |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | DICKS CR |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | DICKS CR 2 |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | SLIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dent: 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Fork Galena Occurrence | Lead | Occurrence | 1958 | |
| North Fork Kyanite Occurrence | Kyanite | Occurrence | 1958 | |
| Cranberry Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Freeman Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dent in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2008 | Hail | Dent | - | Elk River recreation district reported penny sized hail. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dent | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dent | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Corners | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Best Corner | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hansberg | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Johnson | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Konkolville | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bruce Eddy | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Brunning | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Riverside | 10.2 miles | 10 |
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 Dent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28131876 | 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 396393. 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.




