Elkhorn Village, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Ketchum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83353. It lies near Independence Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Sun Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1897 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Sun Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Sun Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Elkhorn Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,672 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 September 2011 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Twin Falls District | GREENHORN |
| 29 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | GREYHAWK |
| 24 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | COLLEGE |
| 16 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | UNCLE JOHNS |
| 13 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | COTTONWOOD |
| 13 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Twin Falls District | BOUNDARY CG |
| 25 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | BROADWAY |
| 21 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | CORRAL CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Elkhorn Village: 22 past producers, 17 occurrences, 17 unknowns, 7 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Eagle Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Bald Eagle Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Baltimore Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Duquette | Copper, Antimony, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Elkhorn | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Elkhorn Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1879 | |
| Evelyn Prospect | Coal, Lead | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Evelyn Prospect | Lead, Coal | Unknown | ||
| Homestake Prospect | Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Silver, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Ida Harlan | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Quartz | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Ketchum | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Triumph | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Gimlet | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Barite | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Clarendon Hot Springs | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hailey | 11.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cathedral Pines | 12.3 miles | 16 |
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 Q122594506 | The 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 393978. 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.






