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Fenn, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Cottonwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83530. The Survey maps it on the Fenn quadrangle. It stands 3,274 feet above sea level.

Fenn within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Fenn between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,262 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
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
21 September 2020Debris and open burning5.1 acresIdaho Department of LandsWHITETAIL DRIVE
19 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use110 acresIdaho Department of LandsALMOST
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSTEEP AND DEEP
5 August 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTOLO
29 August 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTOLO
26 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,066 acresCraig Mountain Area OfficeCANYON ROAD
2 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCraig Mountain Area OfficeFENN
31 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use80 acresIdaho Department of LandsBOWMAN GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fenn: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Camas Prairie Clay Deposit Cp - 1 ProspectClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Camas Prairie Clay Deposit Cp - 4 ProspectClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Cottonwood Clay Occurrence 24ClayOccurrenceClay
Cottonwood Clay Occurrence No. 25 ProspectClayOccurrenceClay
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit 107Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fenn in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 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
August 2005Thunderstorm WindFenn$25,000no account filed
October 2011Heavy RainFenn-Equipment at Fenn reported a 24 hours rainfall total of 0.93 inches.
October 2011Heavy RainFenn-Rainfall of 0.78 inches was reporred at Fenn USFS ranger station.
June 2010HailFenn-Weather spotter reported hail 1.25 inch in diameter near Fenn.
May 1998HailFenn-Hail to 3/4 inch was reported by severe weather spotter in Fenn.

Every storm recorded in Idaho 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
Denver2.6 miles10
Grangeville7.5 miles9
Cottonwood7.7 miles10
Greencreek9.9 miles10
Mount Idaho10.1 miles9
Canfield10.6 miles10
Keuterville11.0 miles8
Dryden12.3 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on FennAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5443513The 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 396482. 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.