Harpster, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grangeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83552. It stands on China Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harpster quadrangle. It stands 1,575 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1931 USGS Buffalo Hump quadrangle1:125000
- 1934 USGS Buffalo Hump quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Harpster quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Harpster quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Harpster between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,128 acres in total. 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | HARPSTER |
| 8 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | MARKER 8 5 |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | SEARS CREEK |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | RABBIT CREEK |
| 4 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | LENORE |
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | BRIDGECAR |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | EAGLECREEK |
| 17 September 2003 | Fireworks | 30 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | MANNLAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Harpster: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Group | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Blacktail Asbestos Prospect | Asbestos | Prospect | Anthophyllite | |
| Dewey Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1899 | |
| Switchback Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Sylvanite Gold - Copper Prospect | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit 104 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Evergreen | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Marian Group | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Wallace Group | Copper, Silver | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harpster in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Flood | Harpster | - | The South Fork of the Clearwater River went into minor flood stage leading to flooding of low-lying areas and adjacent roads. Johnston Cutoff Road and Tolo Lake Road west of Grangeville also experienced road closures because of water flowing across the roadway. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Harpster | - | One inch hail was reported by a member of the public. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Stites | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Idaho | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Grangeville | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Big Cedar | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Kooskia | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Tahoe | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Asbestos Point | 11.7 miles | 12 |
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 Harpster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5663678 | 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 397775. 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.






