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Dickey, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Mackay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83251. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dickey Peak quadrangle.

Dickey within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dickey between 2005 and 2017, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
27 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictMP133
22 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictKURTZ
12 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestCEDAR
14 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictDICKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer 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 Dickey: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silica, 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
Birch Springs SilicaSilica, GoldOccurrence
Ben Lyon ProspectLeadUnknown
Mt. Borah ProspectLeadProspect
Birch Springs Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Creeks Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dickey in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 1999: 2 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
May 1997HailDickey-Dime-size hail accumulated to 3 inches on ground over the Doublespring Pass
August 1999HailDickey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Chilly4.2 miles11
White Knob (historical)20.8 miles14
Cliff (historical)21.5 miles14
Mackay21.7 miles14
Goldburg22.1 miles13
Crystal (historical)24.1 miles14
Houston24.6 miles14
Rothas25.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 380587. 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.