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Grand Junction, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Post Falls-Rathdrum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83854. The Survey maps it on the Post Falls quadrangle. It stands 2,146 feet above sea level.

Grand Junction within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Grand Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters515
7 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCARPENTER
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTATESIDE SPOT
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSTARR SPOT
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsFLATS
29 September 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsBURLINGTON
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMEYERS RD 31
16 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsROCK BLUFF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Grand Junction: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Moab QuarryGranitePast Producer
Murphy Brothers State Line PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fuller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moab PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kootenai 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
Post Falls1.4 miles15
McGuire1.5 miles15
East Greenacres1.6 miles16
Pleasant View3.6 miles19
Coeur d'Alene Junction3.8 miles16
State Line Village3.8 miles19
Howelltown3.9 miles16
Hauser4.2 miles19

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 Q28945177The 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 376158. 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.