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Elizabeth Park, Idaho

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kellogg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83837. It stands on Montgomery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kellogg East quadrangle.

Elizabeth Park within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Elizabeth Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 51 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
Natural51
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWET HAT
4 September 2020Naturalunder an acreCataldo Area OfficeMONTGOMERY STRIKE
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeMONTGOMERY GULCH
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPAPA BEAR
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEAR
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTWOMILE CR
5 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficePOLARIS 2
5 August 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBIG CR II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 139 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of Elizabeth Park: 49 past producers, 31 prospects, 29 occurrences, 17 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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
Benewah-Shoshone DepositIronOccurrence
Big Creek Apex MineSilver, Copper, Lead, AntimonyProducerVein
Bismark ProspectSilver, SulfidesProspectVein
Black Hawk MineZinc, Lead, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Bonanza Gold ProspectSilver, GoldProspectVein
Bunker ChanceLead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceGalena, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Bunker Chance MineLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProducer1922
Bunker Hill MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Antimony, Cadmium, CobaltPast Producer1885, 1886, 1991
Coeur D'Alene Big CreekSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Coeur D'Alene DistrictLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProducerREPLACEMENT VEIN

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Kellogg1.5 miles19
Elk Creek1.9 miles19
Wardner2.2 miles19
Smelter Heights3.6 miles19
Bradley3.8 miles19
Sweeney4.1 miles14
Smelterville4.8 miles14
Osburn5.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 395354. 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.