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Fernwood, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83830. It stands on Finn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fernwood quadrangle. 337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,733 feet above sea level.

Fernwood within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Fernwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 4 were 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
Natural24
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Joe Area Office61
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Joe Area OfficeMILEPOST 61.5
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Joe Area OfficeLAST
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTRAM CREEK
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTYSON CREEK
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsRENFRO ROAD
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEAST ELK PK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fernwood: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Garnet, Gold, Stone, Gemstone. 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
Benewah Shoshone DepositIronOccurrence
Emerald Creek MillGemstoneProducer
Fernwood PitStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ifi Fernwood PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Tyson PlacerGold, TelluriumProducerGold
Carpenter CreekGarnetProducer
Fernwood MillGarnetPast Producer
White Elephant MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Benewah County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fernwood in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011FloodFernwood-The Coeur D Alene Press reported that the St Maries River flooded it banks at Fernwood covering a manhole in town, leaking wastewater into the river. There were no direct impacts to health or wildlife.

Every storm recorded in Benewah 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
Tyson Creek Station1.9 miles9
Renfrew3.3 miles9
Santa4.0 miles9
Wayland5.7 miles9
Mashburn7.2 miles9
Flat Creek9.8 miles9
Emida10.9 miles10
Cardwell11.3 miles10

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 FernwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3250763The 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 396484. 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.