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Harlem, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83869. The Survey maps it on the Edgemere quadrangle.

Harlem within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Harlem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 296 acres in total. 19 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
Debris and open burning34
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
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
8 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWAKENA
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCURTIS
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCONVERTER
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBLACKTAIL
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBOBWIRE
24 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCLAGSTONE 22
18 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNITTY GRITTY
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHUNTER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner 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 Harlem: 8 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Iron, Stone. 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
Clagst One PitStonePast Producer
HannaIron, SilverOccurrence
Hanna ProspectSilverOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSilverOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bonner County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harlem in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Heavy RainHarlem-Observer reported an inch of rain since midnight.

Every storm recorded in Bonner 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
Clagstone1.4 miles17
Edgemere2.5 miles17
Coleman5.6 miles17
Vay5.6 miles17
Kelso5.9 miles17
Sawyer7.9 miles16
Thama8.1 miles16
Seneacquoteen8.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396614. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.