BlockFritser Ford, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the McCall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83638. It stands on Fritser Creek. The Survey maps it on the Williams Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Williams Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Warren quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Williams Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Fritser Ford between 1993 and 2019, burning about 10,524 acres in total. 41 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 | 41 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | ZENA CREEK |
| 6 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | TAILHOLT |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | ROCK CREEK |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | JOHNSON |
| 20 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | TAILHOLT |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Payette National Forest | MOSS CREEK |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 4,500 acres | Payette National Forest | TAILHOLT CREEK |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | ROCK CREEK |
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 Fritser Ford: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Bandit | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Rock Lake | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawman Ford | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Abstein Place | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Yellow Pine | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Edwardsburg | 16.2 miles | 12 | |
| Big Creek | 16.4 miles | 12 | |
| Midnight | 19.4 miles | 14 | |
| Stibnite | 20.1 miles | 14 | |
| Elo (historical) | 26.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122569084 | 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 397727. 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.