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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.

Harpster within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

93 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIdaho Department of LandsHARPSTER
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeMARKER 8 5
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSEARS CREEK
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRABBIT CREEK
4 September 2003Debris and open burning4.0 acresNez Perce TribeLENORE
3 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNez Perce TribeBRIDGECAR
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNez Perce TribeEAGLECREEK
17 September 2003Fireworks30 acresNez Perce TribeMANNLAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Atlanta GroupSilver, CopperOccurrence
Blacktail Asbestos ProspectAsbestosProspectAnthophyllite
Dewey MineCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1899
Switchback Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Sylvanite Gold - Copper ProspectGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit 104Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
EvergreenCopper, SilverProspect
Marian GroupCopper, SilverOccurrence
Wallace GroupCopper, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022FloodHarpster-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 2016HailHarpster-One inch hail was reported by a member of the public.

Every storm recorded in Idaho 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
Clearwater4.6 miles9
Stites7.3 miles9
Mount Idaho8.5 miles9
Grangeville9.4 miles9
Big Cedar10.2 miles12
Kooskia11.0 miles10
Tahoe11.2 miles12
Asbestos Point11.7 miles12

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 HarpsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5663678The 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.