BlockBefore

Guffey, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83641. It stands on Rabbit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walters Butte quadrangle. It stands 2,277 feet above sea level.

Guffey within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Guffey between 1995 and 2020, burning about 22,722 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictCAKE
14 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minor9.0 acresBoise DistrictCONN
9 August 2020Smoking49 acresBoise DistrictHALVERSON
6 August 1999Debris and open burning8.0 acresBoise DistrictCELEBRATIO
5 August 2011Arson/incendiarism45 acresBoise DistrictVOGEL
27 August 1996Natural533 acresBoise DistrictCON SHEA
22 August 1995Arson/incendiarism353 acresBoise DistrictCELEBRATE
16 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresBoise DistrictWALD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Guffey: 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsProspect
Cinder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Snake River PlacerGoldOccurrence
Snake River PlacerGoldUnknown
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
CotnerGeothermalProspect
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
L. H. NewGeothermalProspect
R. BarlyGeothermalProspect

Every working recorded in Owyhee 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
Murphy5.4 miles13
Wilson7.1 miles14
Sinker (historical)12.3 miles13
Reynolds12.4 miles13
Givens Hot Springs12.4 miles14
Slacks Corner18.1 miles13
Democrat18.4 miles14
Oreana18.6 miles18

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 Q121364445The 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 399040. 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.