BlockFort Wilson, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Payette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83661. It stands on Little Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Birding Island quadrangle. It stands 2,188 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1897 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Birding Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Birding Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Fort Wilson between 1995 and 2006, burning about 308 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 39 acres | Boise District | PLAYDOH |
| 21 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 acres | Boise District | CLAY PT. |
| 21 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 184 acres | Boise District | HOT TRASH |
| 6 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Boise District | MTRCYCLEPK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fort Wilson: 5 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payette | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Rock Quarry Mine | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Eiffie | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Fruitland | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ingard | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gayway Corner | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| New Plymouth | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Payette Heights | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Palisades Corner | 5.2 miles | 11 |
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 Fort Wilson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28945176 | 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 376155. 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.