Goldburg, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Challis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83253. The Survey maps it on the Donkey Hills NW quadrangle.

Goldburg within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1935 USGS Borah Peak quadrangle1:125000
1938 USGS Borah Peak quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Donkey Hills quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Borah Peak quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Donkey Hills NW quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Goldburg between 2009 and 2014, burning about 4 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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
Natural	5

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
2 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Twin Falls District	BIG
14 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	Twin Falls District	DITCH
14 August 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	Salmon-Challis National Forest	DITCH
13 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	BIG CREEK
23 July 2009	Natural	1.7 acres	Salmon-Challis National Forest	DITCH

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Goldburg: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Big Creek Prospects	Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite
	Deadwood District	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	Producer	LENSES

Every working recorded in Custer 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dickey	22.1 miles	12
Chilly	24.6 miles	11
Ellis	30.0 miles	11
Garden City (historical)	31.8 miles	11
Challis	32.1 miles	11
Mackay	32.5 miles	14
White Knob (historical)	34.0 miles	14
Rothas	34.9 miles	14

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.

Wikidata item Q122590879

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 396569. 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.