Dryden, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83533. The Survey maps it on the Nezperce quadrangle.

Dryden within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1924 USGS Kamiah quadrangle1:125000
1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Nezperce quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Dryden between 1992 and 2017, burning about 612 acres in total. 6 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
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
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
8 August 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	STARCEDAR
29 August 2017	Natural	378 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	YELLOW BULL
29 August 2017	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	BIG BUTTE
29 August 2014	Debris and open burning	172 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	BIG BUTTE
22 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	WINONA
15 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	56 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	CUMMINS
10 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Maggie Creek Area Office	WINONA
5 July 2007	Fireworks	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	THORN SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dryden: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
	Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Greencreek	3.9 miles	10
Winona	5.0 miles	10
Denver	9.7 miles	10
Cottonwood	9.9 miles	10
Ferdinand	10.0 miles	8
East Kamiah	11.2 miles	10
Tramway	11.4 miles	11
Kooskia	11.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 376148. 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.