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Estes, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Moscow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83843. It lies near Missouri Flat. The Survey maps it on the Viola quadrangle.

Estes within Latah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Estes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePonderosa Area OfficeIDLERS REST
5 August 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARADISE POINT
5 August 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOND 9
28 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsFOUR MILE
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWEST TWIN
12 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresIdaho Department of LandsSTEAKHOUSE HILL
1 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsIDLER'S REST
21 July 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWEST TWIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Estes: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Gemstone, Kaolin, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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
Ayer Deposit No. 1KaolinOccurrenceClay
Canfield-Rogers Clay Deposit MineKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer1925
O'Donnell Opal OccurrenceGemstonePast Producer1890
Poppie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
WhelanSemiprecious GemstonePast Producer1891
Jester PitStoneProducer
Pullman-Moscow QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Latah 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
Moscow3.3 miles16
Buswell (historical)3.8 miles13
Viola4.2 miles13
Advent Hollow (historical)4.5 miles14
Joel8.8 miles13
Blaine9.1 miles13
Cornwall9.5 miles11
Howell11.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397689. 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.