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Givens Hot Springs, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83641. It stands on Hardtrigger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Givens Hot Springs quadrangle. It stands 2,274 feet above sea level.

Givens Hot Springs within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Givens Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,563 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Firearms and explosives use3
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictDILLEY
26 September 2000Debris and open burning51 acresBoise DistrictPICKLEBUTT
26 August 2012Firearms and explosives use83 acresBoise DistrictRATZ
2 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictMAP ROCK
17 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution29 acresBoise DistrictROSS
1 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined58 acresBoise DistrictMAPROCK
8 July 2002Fireworks77 acresBoise DistrictROCKY
8 July 2002Natural7.0 acresBoise DistrictDILLPICKLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Givens Hot Springs: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Peat, Bentonite. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Opalene GulchBentonitePast Producer
Peat MossPeatOccurrence
New Era Mining & Development CoGoldPast Producer
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Givens Hot SpringGeothermalProspect

Every working recorded in Owyhee County

Storms near this place

2 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Givens Hot Springs in 2 storm reports in 1996: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1996Heavy RainGivens Hot Springs$10,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindGivens Hot Springs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Owyhee 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
Wilson5.3 miles14
Marsing10.0 miles13
Sands (historical)11.6 miles13
Claytonia11.8 miles13
Guffey12.4 miles15
Reynolds15.3 miles13
Rockville16.1 miles6
Murphy16.5 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 Givens Hot SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q60766652The 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 396554. 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.