French Corner, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Payette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83661. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hog Cove Butte quadrangle. It stands 2,477 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Hog Cove Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of French Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,294 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 159 acres | Boise District | BRADFORD |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 84 acres | Boise District | SULPHURGLC |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | WETHEART |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | PADDOCK |
| 3 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Boise District | WILLOW |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | VAN |
| 20 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,545 acres | Boise District | BANISTER |
| 17 August 2004 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Boise District | STONESHEEP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of French Corner: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Location | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Diatomite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| French (historical) | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hamilton Corner | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| New Plymouth | 14.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Wilson | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Buckingham | 17.2 miles | 11 | |
| Payette Heights | 17.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wood | 17.9 miles | 16 | |
| Eiffie | 18.0 miles | 16 |
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 French Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28945179 | 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 376156. 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.




