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Dickensheet Junction, Idaho

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Priest River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83856. It stands on Binarch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Outlet Bay quadrangle.

Dickensheet Junction within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Dickensheet Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 1 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
Natural69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
8 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestHOT LINE
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOOLIN BURBS
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSHERWOOD POWERLINE
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestPOWERLINE
27 September 2020Naturalunder an acrePriest Lake Area OfficeSHATTERED FIR
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of Lands255 FIRE
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestLINDA LANE
15 September 2007Other causesunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestGOLF COURSE M/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Dickensheet Junction: 9 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold, Lead. 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
Big Step ProspectGold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrence1950
Big Step ProspectGold, Zinc, Silver, MolybdenumProspect
Binarch Cr. GroupIronProspect
Binarch Cr. Mining Co. ProspectGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceVein
IdahoCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Lucky AbeLead, SilverUnknown
Milwaukee MinesGold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Nevada Mines ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceVein
Nevada Mines ProspectLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrence
New DiscoveryBerylliumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bonner 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
Outlet Bay3.0 miles18
Coolin3.7 miles16
Lamb Creek4.6 miles12
Sherwood Beach4.7 miles16
Vans Corner5.3 miles12
Four Corners12.1 miles17
Nordman12.7 miles12
Priest River18.7 miles16

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 Q122540848The 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 396401. 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.