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Harrisburg, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83536. The Survey maps it on the Woodland quadrangle.

Harrisburg within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60,688 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 8 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
Natural63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeALMOST HEAVEN
8 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLOLO CREEK
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsHAYSTACK
6 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFIDLER FLATS
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLOLO
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of Lands38 SPECIAL
29 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsWOODLAND
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNez Perce TribeGLENWOOD 184

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Mica, Uranium. 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
Ida-Lew ConstructionUranium, StonePast Producer
Lolo MineGold, CopperOccurrence
Myers Mica MineMica, PGE, MolybdenumUnknown
Myers Mica MineMicaPast Producer1920
Pittsburg GroupCopperProspectVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Woodland2.5 miles11
Pardee Corner4.0 miles11
Tramway4.4 miles11
Caribel5.1 miles10
Pardee5.3 miles11
East Kamiah6.6 miles10
Kooskia10.8 miles10
Glenwood10.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397776. 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.