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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Gibbonsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1994 USGS Wisdom quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Gibbonsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 69 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | RANSACK |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | VOTLER |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | LICK CREEK |
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | DITCH |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | SMITHY |
| 18 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | NEZ |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | SMITHY |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | NORTH THREE |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 74 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. D. & M. Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Boone Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Corn Beef Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Dahlonega Creek Heavy Min. Placers | REE, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hammer Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Moon Prospect | Uranium, Copper, Gold, Iron | Prospect | 1924 | |
| North Fork Placer | Gold, Tin | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Provedencia | Gold, Uranium, Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Roland and Taylor Group Mine | Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Silver | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Hail | Gibbonsville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Gibbonsville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fork | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ulysses (historical) | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Carmen | 21.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shoup | 22.4 miles | 10 | |
| Leesburg | 25.0 miles | 10 | |
| Salmon | 26.2 miles | 13 | |
| Baker | 33.3 miles | 10 | |
| Blackbird | 34.3 miles | 10 |
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 Gibbonsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5558918 | 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 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.







