Featherville, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83647. It stands on Feather River. The Survey maps it on the Featherville quadrangle.
On record in Featherville
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 1 record
- Featherville Schoollisted 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Rocky Bar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Featherville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Featherville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37,773 acres in total. 47 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 | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | PINE GULCH |
| 9 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | TENNIS |
| 8 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise National Forest | ESCAPED CAMPFIRE |
| 8 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | MARSH CR. |
| 4 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LINCOLN CREEK |
| 4 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | MARSH CREEK |
| 27 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LINCOLN CREEK #2 |
| 17 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | CHAPARRAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Featherville: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feather River | REE, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Marsh Creek Property | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Boneparte | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vibrator Prospect | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Featherville in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 10 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | The mesonet station WAGI1 at Wagontown RAWS measured 1.44 inches of rain. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | The mesonet station CW0406 at Pine, ID measured 0.79 inches of heavy rain. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Featherville | - | A trained spotter reported flash flooding over the road, stranding some motorcyclists on the main road in Featherville, ID. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | The mesonet station CW0406 in Pine, ID measured 0.96 inches of rain. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | Spotter reported 2.15 inches of rain total near Featherville. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | The mesonet station CW0406 Pine measured 1.56 inches of heavy rain. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | The mesonet station, WAGI1, near Featherville, ID measured 0.56 inches of heavy rainfall. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | The Mesonet station, CW0406, near Pine, ID measured 1.43 inches of total rainfall. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | The Mesonet station, CW0406, near Featherville, ID measured 2.96 inches of total rainfall. |
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | The mesonet station WAGI1, 4.5 miles southwest of Featherville, ID, recorded 3.05 inches of rain. |
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Featherville | - | A mesonet station CW0406, 2 miles southeast of Featherville, ID, measured 4.83 inches of rain from this storm. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Featherville | - | Wagon Town RAWS reported over 1.5 inches of rain and radar and satellite estimates indicated over 1 inch during the event which included damaged and sections of washed out roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Hot Springs | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Rocky Bar | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Spanish Town (historical) | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pine | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Alturas City (historical) | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Atlanta | 14.9 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie | 18.2 miles | 17 | |
| Reclamation Village | 22.5 miles | 16 |
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 Q122593621 | The 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 396479. 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.





