Granite, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Clark Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83803. It stands on Granite Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minerva Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Packsaddle Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Packsaddle Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Minerva Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Minerva Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Granite between 1994 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | PACKSADDLE 18 |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | TALACHE CREEK |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Pend Oreille Area Office | 117 |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BRUSH CANYON |
| 11 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | KILROY |
| 6 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | WHISKEY STUMP |
| 3 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MINERVA 6 |
| 25 August 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | POS 011 TALACHE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Granite: 16 occurrences, 9 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Gold, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle Prospect | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Anderson Prospect | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Bluebird Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Vein | |
| Falls Creek Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Falls Creek Prospect | Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Green Monarch | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mariposa | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Minerva and Whalen | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| O'Shaughnessy Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Packsaddle Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granite in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granite | - | A United States Navy buoy on Lake Pend Oreille measured an outflow wind gusts of 61 mph from a severe thunderstorm moving north across the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktail | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Talache Landing | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Talache | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar Creek | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Evans Landing | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Garfield | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeview | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Newman | 8.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397757. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








