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Galena, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Ketchum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83340. It stands on Gladiator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Galena quadrangle.

Galena within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Galena between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
8 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSawtooth National ForestOWL
7 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSawtooth National ForestCHEMEKETON
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestCHICKEN
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSawtooth National ForestCAMPER
26 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSawtooth National ForestKING
13 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSawtooth National ForestGALENA
7 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSawtooth National ForestTITUS LAKE
6 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSawtooth National ForestGALENA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 110 workings within 5 miles of Galena: 42 occurrences, 31 past producers, 27 prospects, 10 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Big DoctorTungstenOccurrence
Big Five Claims MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Coffee Pot Group MineSilver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Ford ProspectLead, Silver, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
Galena BelleSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
GladiatorSilver, Gold, Lead, Tin, ZincPast Producer
Hidden TreasureSilver, CopperPast Producer
Hidden Treasure Claim MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1880
Highland ChiefLead, Zinc, SilverProspect
June Morning ProspectCopper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galena in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Flash FloodGalena$1,000The Galena Lodge deck was completely submereged with water.
July 2021Flash FloodGalena-Several inches of mud, rocks, and debris flowed over Baker Creek Road that closed the road. This was a burn scar area and the first of two road closing slide events.
August 2021Flash FloodGalena-Several inches of mud, rocks and debris moved across Baker Creek road that closed the road. The cause was heavy rain over a burn scar area.
August 2014Heavy RainGalena-Extremely heavy August rains in Blaine County during barley harvest time is expected to cause up to a 4.5 million dollar loss due to the timing of the heavy rains. The USDA declared Blaine County a natural disaster area due to cop loss.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGalena-Strong thunderstorm dropped several trees in the private Camp Perkins campground at Alturas Lake. Trees also fell across Highway 75.

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Boulder8.3 miles16
Easley Hot Springs8.7 miles16
Cathedral Pines9.5 miles16
Sawtooth City (historical)9.9 miles16
Sun Valley20.2 miles17
Ketchum20.4 miles17
Elkhorn Village21.7 miles17
Gimlet24.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396525. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.