Graham, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Garden Valley census division. It stands on Graham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Swanholm Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Graham within Boise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1894 USGS Rocky Bar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Swanholm Peak quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Graham (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. 16 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	16
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
7 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	WILSON CREEK
4 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Sawtooth National Forest	HIGH PASS 2
14 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	TAYLOR
12 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	GRAHAM
27 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	SILVER MOUNTAIN
10 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	TYEE MOUNTAIN
1 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	COW CREEK
29 July 2019	Natural	4.9 acres	Boise National Forest	TAYLOR

Every fire recorded in Boise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Graham (historical): 7 prospects, 6 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Tin, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ballentyne Cr. Prospect	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Malachite
Bayhorse Pass Prospect No. 2	Silver, Copper, Tin	Occurrence	Malachite
Corder Group Prospect	Silver, Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Lead	Prospect	Vein
Corder Group Prospect No. 2	Lead, Copper, Silver, Tin, Molybdenum	Prospect	Vein
Grouse Creek - Black Warrior Creek Ridge Prospects	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	Prospect	Vein
Johnson Creek Prospect No. 2	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Vein
Johnson Creek Prospect No. 3	Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tin	Occurrence
Johnson Creek Prospects	Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Tin, Zinc	Prospect	Vein
Lone Cabin Nos. 1-8 Claims	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	Vein
Mule Creek Prospect No. 2	Gold, Silver, Lead	Occurrence	Vein

Every working recorded in Boise 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
Banner	14.3 miles	11
Bear Creek Summer Home Area	14.3 miles	17
Camp Creek Summer Home Area	14.4 miles	17
Long Creek Summit Home	19.7 miles	12
Lowman	20.0 miles	11
Tenmile Summer Home Area	23.8 miles	18
Washington Mill	26.2 miles	19
Pioneerville	30.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399896. 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.