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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.

Fruitvale within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

51 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestFORT HALL
29 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePayette National ForestFLAT
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestHALL RIDGE
18 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestSHINGLE
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestHALL
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestBADGER
15 September 2011Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestSHINGLE
13 September 1996Natural1.2 acresPayette National ForestROCKY GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CrescentGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackley RidgeCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Starkey Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Legal TenderCopperOccurrence
Iron SpringsGoldPast Producer
JackleySilverOccurrence
OregonSilverOccurrence
Pactolian Mining Co.SilverOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Glendale2.2 miles14
Starkey2.5 miles14
Stevens4.0 miles14
Hoover4.3 miles14
Evergreen5.8 miles13
Council5.9 miles14
Woodland8.5 miles13
Pine Ridge9.1 miles13

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 FruitvaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30622948The 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.