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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.

Dent within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

74 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationOLD BROWN TENT
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationWEDDING PARTY
6 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWEDDING PARTY
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWET
5 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFREEMAN CREEK
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDICKS CR
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDICKS CR 2
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSLIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North Fork Galena OccurrenceLeadOccurrence1958
North Fork Kyanite OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence1958
Cranberry Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Freeman Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clearwater County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008HailDent-Elk River recreation district reported penny sized hail.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindDent-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindDent-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clearwater 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
Five Corners1.9 miles11
Best Corner5.1 miles11
Hansberg6.8 miles11
Johnson7.1 miles11
Konkolville8.9 miles10
Bruce Eddy8.9 miles11
Brunning10.1 miles10
Riverside10.2 miles10

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 DentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28131876The 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.