Harvard, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Potlatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83834. It stands on Maple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harvard quadrangle. It stands 2,575 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Deary quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Harvard quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Harvard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Harvard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 27 started naturally. None 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | DRIVELINE |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | 3.8 acres | Ponderosa Area Office | MOON HILL |
| 2 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WEST GROUSE CREEK |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FLAT CREEK |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | QUEENER CREEK |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | QUARTZ ROAD |
| 13 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | HATTER CREEK |
| 13 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MT MARGARET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Harvard: 10 occurrences, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Copper, Beryllium, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Claim Prospect | Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gold Bug Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | 1882 | |
| Gold Hill Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Harvard Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Kinney Prospect | Beryllium, Mica | Past Producer | Beryl, Muscovite | |
| Milbert Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Magnetite | |
| Yale Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Black Horse Prospect | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Copper Ridge Prospect | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Blackfoot Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvard in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 9 injuries. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harvard | 9 hurt, $150,000 | Latah county dispatch reported numerous large trees down at Pines RV Park. Several vehicles and RVs were damaged by fallen trees. Nine people suffered minor injures. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers (historical) | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Yale (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Princeton | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hampton | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Stanford | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Vassar | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Onaway | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Avon | 8.8 miles | 11 |
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 Harvard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5676233 | 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 396618. 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.





