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Grandjean, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 83637. The Survey maps it on the Grandjean quadrangle.

Grandjean within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Grandjean between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,176 acres in total. 49 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
Natural49
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestGREENBACK
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestWOLF RIDGE
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHIYU CREEK
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestWAPITI FLAT
28 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise National ForestSACAJAWEA
28 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSawtooth National ForestSACAGAWEA
9 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestOBSERVATION
8 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestVISTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Grandjean: 10 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Bear Creek Prospect # 1Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, LeadOccurrence
Bear Creek Prospect # 2Gold, Zinc, Silver, Bismuth, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, TinOccurrence
Bear Creek Prospect No. 1Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, LeadOccurrenceVein
Bear Creek Prospect No. 2Molybdenum, Bismuth, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Canyon Creek PlacersNiobium (Columbium), Gold, REE, TitaniumOccurrence
Greenback MineGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1903
Murray PropertyPlatinumProspect
Payette PlacerGarnet, Zirconium, Thorium, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Gold, UraniumOccurrencePlacer
Payette Placer AreaGold, Uranium, PGEProspect
Pickett Mountain ProspectGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Stanley12.8 miles16
Lower Stanley13.5 miles16
Cape Horn (historical)16.9 miles17
Obsidian17.9 miles16
Sunbeam24.2 miles16
Robinson Bar26.7 miles15
Bonanza27.5 miles16
Custer29.5 miles15

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 Q122555127The 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 399043. 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.