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Hansberg, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83544. It stands on Falls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dent quadrangle.

Hansberg within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Hansberg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 3 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
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationOLD BROWN TENT
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationRANCHETTES
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationWEDDING PARTY
6 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWEDDING PARTY
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWET
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGREER CEDAR
3 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSHOTGUN WILLY
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBANDMILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hansberg: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Limestone, High Calcium. 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
Gaffney PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Sewell Lime Company QuarryLimestone, General, Limestone, High CalciumPast Producer

Every working 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
Best Corner1.7 miles11
Brunning3.7 miles10
Johnson3.8 miles11
Konkolville4.2 miles10
Blake4.9 miles10
Slocum6.7 miles11
Dent6.8 miles11
Five Corners7.2 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.

Wikidata item Q122567349The 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 399076. 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.