BlockEmpire City, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. It stands on Lightning Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cinnabar Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Triangle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Cinnabar Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Triangle quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Empire City (historical) between 1999 and 2015, burning about 5 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
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 August 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Boise District | GERTIE |
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | SULLIVAN |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Boise District | CINNABAR |
| 12 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | BOULDER |
| 10 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | BURNAM |
| 1 October 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | EVIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 118 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 118 workings within 5 miles of Empire City (historical): 97 past producers, 9 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Boy Prospect | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| Big Boy Prospect | Gold, Silver, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Black Jack-Trade Dollar Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Mercury | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| East Creek Mine | Copper, Lead, Antimony, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| East Creek Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony | Unknown | ||
| Gold Bug | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Poorman Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Potosi | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Silver City Region | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1863 | |
| Silver Queen Mine | Silver, Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | 1875 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Telegraph Hill | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dewey | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Flint | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| De Lamar | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Slacks Corner | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Democrat | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Petersons Crossing | 13.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399033. 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.