Fairburn, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83524. It lies near Polly Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Culdesac South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fairburn within Nez Perce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Culdesac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Culdesac South quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Fairburn (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 339 acres in total. 13 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	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Debris and open burning	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Firearms and explosives use	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
3 September 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	SPIDER WEBB
3 September 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	SPIDER WEB
19 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	WEBB RIDGE
14 September 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	1.1 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	IRON FIRE
1 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	MISSION CREEK
4 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	WEBB CREEK
24 August 2000	Natural	4.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	MISSION CREEK
20 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	MISSION 14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce 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 Fairburn (historical): 3 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
Mill Creek Limestone Deposit	Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension	Past Producer	Metamorphic
Mission Creek Limestone	Limestone, Ultra Pure	Past Producer	1942
Jacques Spur	Limestone, Dimension	Unknown
Nez Perce Limestone Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Nez Perce 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
Snow (historical)	4.5 miles	9
Woodside	6.8 miles	8
Waha	6.9 miles	9
Bundy	7.5 miles	9
Jacques	8.1 miles	9
Webb	8.2 miles	9
Sweetwater	8.8 miles	9
Culdesac	8.9 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399514. 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.