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Gibbonsville, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Salmon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83463. It stands on Anderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gibbonsville quadrangle. It stands 4,570 feet above sea level.

Gibbonsville within Lemhi County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Gibbonsville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 373 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural69
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestRANSACK
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestVOTLER
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestLICK CREEK
3 September 2004Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestDITCH
2 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestSMITHY
18 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestNEZ
17 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestSMITHY
17 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestNORTH THREE

Every fire recorded in Lemhi County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Gibbonsville: 27 past producers, 22 occurrences, 20 prospects, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Uranium. 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
A. D. & M. MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Boone MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Corn Beef MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Dahlonega Creek Heavy Min. PlacersREE, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, ZirconiumOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hammer PropertyIronOccurrence
Moon ProspectUranium, Copper, Gold, IronProspect1924
North Fork PlacerGold, TinPast ProducerPlacer
ProvedenciaGold, Uranium, LeadPast ProducerGalena
Roland and Taylor Group MineGold, Copper, Tungsten, SilverPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Lemhi County

Storms near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gibbonsville in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2002: 2 hail. 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
August 2002HailGibbonsville-no account filed
May 1998HailGibbonsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lemhi 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
North Fork11.0 miles9
Ulysses (historical)13.9 miles10
Carmen21.7 miles13
Shoup22.4 miles10
Leesburg25.0 miles10
Salmon26.2 miles13
Baker33.3 miles10
Blackbird34.3 miles10

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 GibbonsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5558918The 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 396546. 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.