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Gold Point, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83525. It lies near French Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Elk City quadrangle.

Gold Point within Idaho County

On record in Gold Point

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Gold Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 68 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
Natural68
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
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
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsGALENA
3 September 1996Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSWIMMING HOLE
17 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBLUE
15 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSIEGEL
14 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsRIBBON
10 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSEAGULL
1 September 1996Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsFRENCH BOYZ
8 August 2012Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBLANCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho 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 Gold Point: 40 past producers, 26 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Zinc, Copper. 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
Alberta ProspectCopper, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
American Eagle MineGold, Silver, Lead, Tellurium, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1897, 1903
Buster MineGold, Copper, Tellurium, SilverPast Producer1870
Colonel SellersGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Deadwood CanyonAntimony, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Elk City DistrictSilver, GoldProducerPLACER, QUARTZ LENS, FISSURE VEIN
Elk City DistrictGold, REE, Mercury, Platinum, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium)Producer1861
Hercules ProspectGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverProspect1903
Mary K MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein
Red River PlacersGold, Zirconium, Silver, REEPast 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
Leprouse2.7 miles10
Gibler3.1 miles10
Elk City3.8 miles11
Lightfoot4.8 miles10
Orogrande9.6 miles12
York9.8 miles10
Red River Hot Springs10.3 miles10
Mud Springs11.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396568. 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.