Five Corners, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83544. The Survey maps it on the Elk Creek Falls quadrangle.

Five Corners within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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 Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Elk Creek Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Elk Creek Falls quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Five Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	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 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Clearwater Potlatch Timber Protective Association	OLD BROWN TENT
7 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	DUFFY CR
5 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	WET
5 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	DICKS CR
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	BALDY BEAR
26 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	FISHER CREEK
17 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	SLIDE
7 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	BULL RUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Five Corners: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Thorium. 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
Browns Placer	Thorium	Unknown
Cranberry Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
North Fork Kyanite Occurrence	Kyanite	Occurrence	1958

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
Dent	1.9 miles	11
Best Corner	5.5 miles	11
Johnson	6.5 miles	11
Hansberg	7.2 miles	11
Elk River	9.9 miles	10
Konkolville	10.1 miles	10
Kameron	10.1 miles	11
Slocum	10.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 381795. 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.