Green, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Riggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83549. It stands on Carey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carey Dome quadrangle.

Green within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1956 USGS Burgdorf quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Warren quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Carey Dome quadrangle1:24000
1995 USGS Carey Dome quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Green between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41,807 acres in total. 71 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	71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	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 2011	Natural	under an acre	Payette National Forest	HACKETT
6 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	WARNOCK
23 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Payette National Forest	FRENCH
2 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Payette National Forest	CAREY
2 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	WIND RIVER
16 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	HALLS GULCH
8 August 2005	Natural	4.0 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	MCMEEKIN
7 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	SMITH CAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Green: 20 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Vanadium. 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
Buttercup Placer Group Mine	Gold, Peat, Silver	Past Producer	Placer
Edna L D-Square Ferry Placers	Gold, Titanium, Thorium	Prospect
Huntz Gulch Bar Claim	Gold, REE, Garnet, Thorium	Occurrence	Placer
Jewell Deposit	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Marygold #1-#8	Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold	Prospect	1951
Robbins Creek Placer	Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium, Titanium	Occurrence	Placer
Sherman Howe Deposit	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Snowstorm Occurrence	Gold, Copper	Prospect	Vein
Washington Deposit	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Tellurium	Prospect	Vein
Gross Creek Placer	REE, Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Cable Car Crossing	0.2 miles	11
Turner	0.6 miles	11
French Creek	4.7 miles	12
Seaburg	4.8 miles	12
Florence	5.5 miles	10
Sampson	5.6 miles	10
Riggins Hot Springs	12.2 miles	13
Burgdorf	12.2 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 400558. 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.