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Greer, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83544. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orofino East quadrangle. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.

Greer within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Greer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,327 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 6 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
Natural48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHIDDEN SPRINGS
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,900 acresMaggie Creek Area OfficeMM 49
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCASCADE DRIVE
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCottonwood Field OfficeCARROT RIDGE 2
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOWERLINE
5 September 2013Natural1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsALBER`S
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsBECKER ROAD
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of Lands5 MILE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Greer: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver. 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
Big Creek Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Dundas ProspectCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Lolo Copper ProspectGold, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Trimetallic ProspectGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clearwater County

Storms near this place

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greer in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2018Heavy RainGreer$1,500,000Heavy rain lead to a fallen tree across U.S. Highway 12 near milepost 52 and subsequent car accident at 4:08 am on the 5th. One person was injured in the incident and the highway was blocked for one and a half hours.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindGreer$10,000Several trees down across highways 11 and 3, blocking traffic. One trailer park was being evacuated due to tree damage on residences.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindGreer$1,000One tree, possibly a yellow pine, twisted off 20 to 30 feet above the ground. A 2nd yellow pine smashed into a vacant trailer house while a 3rd yellow pine was uprooted from the high winds. The severe winds combined with large hail also peppered the sides of a few farming structures.
July 2021Debris FlowGreer-By 7:10 pm PDT, the Idaho Department of Transport began to receive reports of water, rocks, and mud on US-95 between mile marker 196-204, centered on MM200. This slide briefly closed both directions of the highway.
June 2016HailGreer-Spotter estimated the hailstones were up to 2.00 inches in diameter.
June 2016HailGreer-Public estimated 1.25 inch hail with wind gusts to 25 mph.
August 2014HailGreer-A law enforcement office reported mostly 1 hail but a few were up to half-dollar size. The hail accumulated up to 12 inches in places.
August 2014Heavy RainGreer-A law enforcement officer estimated that between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell and caused a nearby creek to swell to 3 feet in width and a couple feet in depth.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindGreer-Numerous blow downs throughout Clearwater County. Spotter reported 18 and 20 inch diameter trees broken at the base and mid-section respectively. Power and phone service was knocked out. A 26 foot airstream trailer was moved off its jack. Fire starts from lightning were also reported from this storm.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGreer-A trained spotter reported several pine trees bent down/over with branches estimated at six inches in diameter broken off of trees from reported thunderstorm winds.
November 2010Thunderstorm WindGreer-Damage to tree due to estimated 60 mph wind gust. Also heard on scanner about other damage around the area. Including trees on cars, roads and structures.

Every storm recorded in Clearwater 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
Fraser1.9 miles10
Blake5.8 miles10
Brunning6.7 miles10
Konkolville7.4 miles10
Cooper7.5 miles11
Orofino7.5 miles10
Riverside9.7 miles10
Hansberg10.4 miles11

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.

Wikipedia article on GreerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14687064The 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 396591. 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.