Ellis, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Challis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83253. It stands on Pahsimeroi River. The Survey maps it on the Ellis quadrangle. It stands 4,623 feet above sea level.

Ellis within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1956 USGS Challis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Challis quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Ellis quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Ellis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 453 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	2
Debris and open burning	2

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 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	AMAR
7 September 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	not named
2 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	N.F.LITTLE MORGAN
19 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Twin Falls District	COW
1 September 1997	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Salmon-Challis National Forest	COW CR
4 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	EAGLE ROCK
27 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	50 acres	Twin Falls District	SAGE
22 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Twin Falls District	COW CREEK

Every fire recorded in Custer 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 Ellis: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Geothermal Location	Geothermal	Occurrence
Good Hope	Copper	Occurrence
Ellis Area	Iron	Producer
Ellis Area	Iron, Uranium	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Nest Egg	Uranium	Prospect
Pahsimerai Valley Uranium Occurrence	Uranium	Occurrence	Carnotite

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Garden City (historical)	15.8 miles	11
Challis	16.2 miles	11
Bayhorse	24.6 miles	13
Goldburg	30.0 miles	13
Crystal (historical)	32.8 miles	14
Clayton	35.2 miles	13
Dickey	39.2 miles	12
Custer	40.2 miles	15

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.

Wikipedia article on Ellis	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5365817	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 381426. 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.