Freeze, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Potlatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83855. The Survey maps it on the Potlatch quadrangle.
On record in Freeze
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Freeze Community Churchlisted 1990 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Freeze between 1992 and 2019, burning about 61 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | DUTCH LANE |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MTN HOME GRANGE |
| 8 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GOLD CREEK GRASS |
| 8 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CLUBHOUSE |
| 28 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CORA ROAD |
| 22 July 2014 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WOODY GRADE |
| 13 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MOUNTAIN HOME |
| 29 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | not named |
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 Freeze: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Titanium, Brick Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, Titanium | Occurrence | Ilmenite | |
| Onaway Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Potlatch Clay Deposit | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Potlatch Corporation Pit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Potlatch Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brickner Mine | Clay | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Potlatch South Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | Clay |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potlatch Junction | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cora | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Onaway | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Potlatch | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mountain Home (historical) | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Yellow Dog (historical) | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jamestown (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hampton | 5.9 miles | 12 |
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 Freeze | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657803 | 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 399482. 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.





