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Grimes Pass, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Garden Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83622. It stands on Sweet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grimes Pass quadrangle.

Grimes Pass within Boise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Grimes Pass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,598 acres in total. 84 started naturally. 1 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
Natural84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestSTATION CREEK
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHOMER
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestCODY
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise National Forestnot named
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise National ForestHORN
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHALL
24 September 2001Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestLITTLE MUDDY
23 September 2001Natural9.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE MUDDY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 103 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 103 workings within 5 miles of Grimes Pass: 45 past producers, 27 occurrences, 18 unknowns, 7 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Geothermal, Silver, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AbellaMolybdenumProducer
Ader GroupCopper, Zinc, Lead, GoldOccurrenceVein
Ballinger VeinGold, Silver, Copper, ZincUnknown
Black Jack ProspectZinc, Lead, Gold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Bowman ProspectNiobium (Columbium), Mica, REEOccurrenceColumbite, Euxenite, Muscovite
Bowman ProspectNiobium (Columbium), REE, MicaUnknown
Bruser MineGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Buckskin Group ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, VanadiumOccurrenceBismuth, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Buckskin MineLead, Silver, Bismuth, Vanadium, ZincOccurrence
Buckskin MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boise 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
Pioneerville5.3 miles19
Garden Valley5.9 miles14
Crouch7.7 miles14
Placerville8.5 miles20
Quartzburg9.0 miles20
Granite9.2 miles20
Centerville9.3 miles20
Star Ranch Summer Home Area10.8 miles20

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 Q122552708The 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 396593. 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.