Gross, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Sweet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83657. It stands on Second Fork Chief Eagle Eye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dodson Pass quadrangle.

Gross within Gem County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1894 USGS Squaw Creek quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Dodson Pass quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Gross between 1992 and 2016, burning about 321 acres in total. 20 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	20
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Smoking	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
6 September 2006	Natural	1.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	SPRING TREE
5 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	SECOND FORK
16 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	LAVA
16 September 2001	Natural	2.5 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	GOON SPRINGS
14 September 2013	Natural	12 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	NESBITT
13 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	TIMBER FLAT
7 August 2016	Natural	6.0 acres	Boise National Forest	THIRD FORK
5 August 2000	Natural	1.3 acres	Boise National Forest	SAGE COW

Every fire recorded in Gem County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gross: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Beryllium, Mica. 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
	B-Mine	Beryllium, Mica	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Gem 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
Ola	9.3 miles	13
Sweet	23.5 miles	15
Montour	26.8 miles	15
Marsh (historical)	27.3 miles	15
Black Canyon	27.6 miles	15
Plaza	28.5 miles	15
Pearl	31.6 miles	15
Emmett	32.0 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396596. 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.