Hamilton Corner, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the New Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83655. The Survey maps it on the New Plymouth quadrangle. It stands 2,280 feet above sea level.

Hamilton Corner within Payette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS New Plymouth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 431 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Natural	1
Other causes	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
3 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	28 acres	Boise District	MM8 I84
20 September 1992	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Boise District	I-84 MP 7
2 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	9.0 acres	Boise District	I84 3TA9
12 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Boise District	I 84 MP 6
5 August 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Boise District	MP9I84
13 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Boise District	GRAVEY
12 August 1996	Arson/incendiarism	133 acres	Boise District	STONEQUARR
30 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Boise District	MP 10 I-84

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Payette County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton Corner: 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Payette 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
New Plymouth	2.7 miles	12
Fort Wilson	6.5 miles	16
Buckingham	6.9 miles	11
Palisades Corner	7.6 miles	11
Fruitland	8.5 miles	16
Eiffie	9.2 miles	16
Ramey	9.4 miles	16
Gayway Corner	9.5 miles	16

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 Hamilton Corner	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5644892	The 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 376160. 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.