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Forebay, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lewiston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83501. The Survey maps it on the Lewiston Orchards North quadrangle.

Forebay within Nez Perce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Forebay between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,610 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Natural2
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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce TribeEVENTS
24 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNez Perce TribeSUNCARFIRE
8 August 1997Smokingunder an acreNez Perce TribeCASINO
6 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce TribeNORTH CASINO
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNez Perce TribeMM 307 CASINE
31 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNez Perce TribeCASINO LINE
25 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNez Perce TribeS & S
21 August 1997Smoking34 acresNez Perce TribeHERCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Forebay: 9 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
McGregor PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tammany Creek Clay Occurrence No. 28ClayOccurrenceClay
Barnes PitStoneProducer
Kaufman QuarryStoneProducer
Northwest AggregatesStonePast Producer
Clarkston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Duthie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Nez Perce 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
Gurney0.5 miles9
Valley View Heights0.6 miles9
Hatwai1.0 miles9
North Lewiston2.3 miles12
Lewiston Orchards3.1 miles9
Lewiston3.1 miles12
Transfer3.7 miles12
North Lapwai6.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396502. 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.