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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.

French Corner within Payette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

18 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremony159 acresBoise DistrictBRADFORD
16 September 2001Natural84 acresBoise DistrictSULPHURGLC
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictWETHEART
4 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictPADDOCK
3 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresBoise DistrictWILLOW
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictVAN
20 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,545 acresBoise DistrictBANISTER
17 August 2004Natural9.0 acresBoise DistrictSTONESHEEP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Payette County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Payette 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
French (historical)5.6 miles13
Hamilton Corner12.5 miles12
New Plymouth14.0 miles12
Fort Wilson14.2 miles16
Buckingham17.2 miles11
Payette Heights17.8 miles16
Wood17.9 miles16
Eiffie18.0 miles16

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 CornerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28945179The 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.