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Golconda, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Osburn-Wallace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83873. It lies near Trowbridge Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Mullan quadrangle.

Golconda within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

53 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Golconda between 1993 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 3 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
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBAD TOM MTN
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeROCK CREEK
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDUDLEY
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDUDLEY
26 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOUNT PULASKI
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeREVENUEGUL
18 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDUDLEY
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCataldo Area OfficeREVENUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 217 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 217 workings within 5 miles of Golconda: 74 occurrences, 60 past producers, 53 prospects, 21 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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
Allied ProspectSilver, Gold, LeadProspect1967
ArgentineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Benton MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Mercury, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
Caladay MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Canyon Silver MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Castle Rock MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Coeur D'Alene DistrictGold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Copper, CadmiumProducer1878, 1884
East Coeur D'Alene RegionLead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Gold, CopperProducer
Floiodo MineGold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, SilverUnknown
Galena MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Antimony, UraniumProducer1885, 1922

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Stull0.4 miles17
Gentry1.3 miles17
Webb1.4 miles17
Woodland Park1.8 miles17
Gem2.3 miles19
McCarthy2.4 miles17
Frisco2.7 miles19
Blackcloud2.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396563. 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.