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Falcon, 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 Cliff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shefoot Mountain quadrangle.

Falcon within Shoshone County

On record in Falcon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Falcon between 1992 and 2017, burning about 61 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
21 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestOLENTANGE CREEK #16
19 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestLOOP CREEK 8
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestTURKEY
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestWARD CREEK
16 September 2009Natural7.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestWONDERFUL
13 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestMOSS CREEK
9 August 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBLUEBIRD 31
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Falcon: 21 occurrences, 10 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Copper, Lead. 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
Big Elk MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Blue Bird ClaimCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Crown Silver GroupZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Fourth of July Silver ProspectLead, SilverProspectVein
Hansy Copper and Gold MineCopper, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite
MonitorLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Monitor MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer1885, 1892, 1977
North Star ProspectCopper, SilverOccurrence1896
Silver Mountain ProjectLead, Copper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Taylor Copper MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shoshone County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Falcon in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFalcon$1,000Nine trees were blown down at Tin Can Campground.

Every storm 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
Roland2.2 miles12
Pearson2.9 miles12
Bogle3.3 miles12
Adair3.4 miles12
Kyle (historical)4.6 miles12
Bullion (historical)5.8 miles17
Borax (historical)5.9 miles17
Tammany6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397693. 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.