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Dufort, Idaho

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83860. It stands on Bridgeview Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sagle quadrangle.

Dufort 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Dufort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 3 were 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
Debris and open burning29
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
Fireworks2

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOS 022 MORGAN HILL
24 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsBOULDER ROAD
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsGUN CLUB
23 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE BUTLER
21 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsM-3
16 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeLIGNITE
13 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOORLY DONE
13 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsOLD SAW MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Dufort: 25 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, 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
Appolo GroupSilver, LeadOccurrence
B.F. and H. MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1917
Blue BirdLead, SilverProspect
Brown BearSilver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Iron MaskSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
MacburneyUraniumOccurrence
Silver Butte MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, AntimonyProducer1906
Silver StarZinc, Silver, LeadProspect
Silver Star ProspectLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceVein
Anderson ProspectCopper, Lead, Gold, Silver, ZincOccurrenceVein

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
Westmond1.8 miles18
Algoma2.5 miles18
Sagle3.7 miles18
Cocolalla4.1 miles16
Lignite5.3 miles18
Morton5.6 miles17
Dover6.0 miles17
Talache6.2 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 Q122555666The 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 380922. 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.