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French, 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 Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sheep Ridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

French 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of French (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,577 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,113 acresBoise DistrictPADDOCK
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictWETHEART
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,071 acresBoise DistrictPADDY CAKE
20 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,545 acresBoise DistrictBANISTER
13 August 1996Natural2,960 acresBoise DistrictINDIAN CK
10 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined110 acresBoise DistrictQUARTZ
7 July 2003Natural399 acresBoise DistrictHOLLAND

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 (historical): 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 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 OccurrenceDiatomiteProspectSedimentary
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteUnknown

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 Corner5.6 miles13
Fort Wilson12.4 miles16
Hamilton Corner13.5 miles12
Wood13.9 miles16
New Plymouth14.0 miles12
Payette Heights14.8 miles16
Payette15.7 miles16
Eiffie16.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399481. 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.