Emida, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83861. It stands on Bob Creek. The Survey maps it on the Emida quadrangle. It stands 2,850 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Emida quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Emida quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Emida quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Emida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 272 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Fireworks | 42 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | DUSTY |
| 7 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SANTA CREEK |
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | PETERSON |
| 5 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SANDERS RD II |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SO FK SANTA CK |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | EMIDA PEAK |
| 29 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SPLASH DAM #34 |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CHOULSON CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Emida: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Creek Prospects | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Michaels Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emida in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Hail | Emida | - | 1 inch diameter hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North South Ski Bowl | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rover | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cardwell | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mashburn | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Alder Creek | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wayland | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lotus | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Santa | 8.2 miles | 9 |
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 Emida | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5371083 | 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 381459. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





