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Glenwood, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83536. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle.

Glenwood within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 9 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. 67 started naturally. 5 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
Natural67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMaggie Creek Area OfficeKIDDER
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARADIS LOST
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHAYSKRIE MILL
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLACEY MEADOW
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPIT
4 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH ASBESTOS
4 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPHILLIPS POINT
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPASTURE II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood: 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum, Asbestos. 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
Glenwood Clay MineClayPast Producer
Kamiah Asbestos MineAsbestosPast Producer1908
Kooskia KyaniteAluminumProspect
Lolo Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Caribel6.0 miles10
Clark Tree7.4 miles10
Syringa8.5 miles10
East Kamiah9.7 miles10
Tahoe10.3 miles12
Kooskia10.3 miles10
Harrisburg10.8 miles11
Big Cedar11.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 382298. 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.