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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.

Freeze within Latah County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

11 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
23 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use25 acresIdaho Department of LandsDUTCH LANE
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMTN HOME GRANGE
8 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGOLD CREEK GRASS
8 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCLUBHOUSE
28 July 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCORA ROAD
22 July 2014Natural1.7 acresIdaho Department of LandsWOODY GRADE
13 July 2004Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOUNTAIN HOME
29 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern Idaho Agencynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory), Aluminum, TitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Onaway MineKaolinPast Producer1902
Potlatch Clay DepositBrick ClayPast ProducerClay
Potlatch Corporation PitPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Potlatch PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brickner MineClayPast Producer1903
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Potlatch South Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrenceClay

Every working recorded in Latah 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
Potlatch Junction2.3 miles12
Cora3.1 miles10
Onaway3.6 miles12
Potlatch3.6 miles12
Mountain Home (historical)4.0 miles10
Yellow Dog (historical)5.0 miles13
Jamestown (historical)5.4 miles13
Hampton5.9 miles12

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 FreezeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657803The 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.