Fruitvale, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Council census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83612. It stands on West Fork Weiser River. The Survey maps it on the Fruitvale quadrangle. It stands 3,081 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New Meadows quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Fruitvale quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Fruitvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Fruitvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,252 acres in total. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | FORT HALL |
| 29 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Payette National Forest | FLAT |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | HALL RIDGE |
| 18 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | SHINGLE |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | HALL |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BADGER |
| 15 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | SHINGLE |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Payette National Forest | ROCKY GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fruitvale: 7 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jackley Ridge | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Starkey Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Legal Tender | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Springs | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Jackley | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Oregon | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Pactolian Mining Co. | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | 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.
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 Fruitvale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30622948 | 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 396522. 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.






