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DeVeny Place, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Riggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83549. It stands on Shingle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heavens Gate quadrangle.

DeVeny Place within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of DeVeny Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,189 acres in total. 67 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
Natural67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
5 September 1997Natural3.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsWILD HORSE
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCORA
4 September 2007Natural3.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSAMPSON
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named
16 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCANNONBALL
14 September 2010Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestWHITE WATER
11 September 1992Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of DeVeny Place: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Blue Gulch GroupGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Hollenbeat Quartz DepositSilicaOccurrenceVein
Oregon Group ClaimsCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Red Demon MillGold, SilverPast Producer
Cora Gulch ProspectGold, CopperProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit 126Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Pollock3.6 miles13
Potter Place4.2 miles15
McCrea Place5.7 miles15
Riggins6.1 miles13
Gotzinger6.2 miles13
Riggins Hot Springs12.5 miles13
Lucile13.1 miles10
French Creek20.0 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122543754The 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 396381. 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.