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Good Grief, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Moyie Springs census division. It stands on Spruce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eastport quadrangle.

Good Grief within Boundary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Good Grief between 1992 and 2019, burning about 511 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking1

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
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBRASS CREEK
2 September 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestKREIST CREEK
15 September 2018Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSNYDER CREEK
11 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestHELLROARING
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestHARVEY CREEK
4 August 2003Natural2.4 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestADDIE
31 August 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestEASTPORT
29 August 2017Natural3.2 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestBOUNDARY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Good Grief: 4 prospects, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver. 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
Big T ProspectSilver, Copper, Zinc, LeadProspect
Copper CreekGoldProspect
Geneva ClaimsLead, CopperProspect
Queen MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Tilley MineLead, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, ZincProspect1952
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Copper Falls ProspectLeadOccurrenceVein
Geneva ClaimsLeadUnknown

Every working recorded in Boundary 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
Addie0.7 miles11
Sinclair1.4 miles11
Eastport3.5 miles11
Meadow Creek9.0 miles12
Copeland11.7 miles13
Eileen12.0 miles12
Moyie Springs15.4 miles12
Ritz15.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396571. 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.