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East Kamiah, Idaho

10 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 83536. It lies near Church Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kamiah quadrangle.

East Kamiah within Idaho County

On record in East Kamiah

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of East Kamiah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,855 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 12 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
Natural64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks6
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsHAYSTACK
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMaggie Creek Area OfficeRAILROAD
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMaggie Creek Area OfficeKIDDER
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARADIS LOST
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGLENWOOD
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCottonwood Field OfficeESCORT
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPIT
3 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTRASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of East Kamiah: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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
Ida-Lew ConstructionUranium, StonePast Producer
Abbie Welch Rock PitStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kidder Ridge PitStoneUnknown
Seven Mile PitStoneProducer
State Pit 425-166Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Kooskia4.3 miles10
Caribel5.1 miles10
Harrisburg6.6 miles11
Winona7.2 miles10
Tramway7.8 miles11
Stites7.8 miles9
Woodland8.1 miles11
Pardee Corner9.0 miles11

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 Q122569219The 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 396436. 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.