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Ethelton, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83802. It stands on Hamilton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mastodon Mountain quadrangle.

Ethelton within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Ethelton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 65 acres in total. 40 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
Natural40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2006Natural3.5 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestAVERY HILL
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestAVERY DUMPSTER
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
2 September 2003Natural8.6 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestMAC FLASH
2 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
19 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSLATE CREEK
14 September 2001Natural5.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestTANK CREEK
6 August 2010Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestFISHHOOK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone 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 Ethelton: 5 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
Cougar ProspectGold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Franklin ProspectCopper, Nickel, CobaltProspectChalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Tetrahedrite
Cougar GroupCopper, GoldOccurrence
Cougar ProspectCopper, GoldUnknown
TheriaultGoldOccurrence
Kelley Creek ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Kelley Creek ProspectCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Hoyt0.7 miles12
Horsecamp4.6 miles10
Avery5.3 miles12
Marble Creek6.7 miles9
Stetson7.3 miles12
Pocono7.6 miles8
Erlmo7.7 miles9
Kyle (historical)9.3 miles12

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 Q122539756The 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 396471. 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.