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Headquarters, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83546. It stands on Fohl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Headquarters quadrangle. It stands 3,159 feet above sea level.

Headquarters within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Headquarters between 1992 and 2019, burning about 243 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 2 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDULL AXE
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNORTH SNAKE
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCOLFIELD PT
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsALDER CR
11 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWASHINGTON CR II
11 September 1996Natural230 acresIdaho Department of LandsDEER CREEK
1 September 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH REEDS
1 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLOOP BEAVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Headquarters: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Silver, Silica. 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
Headquarters PitStoneProducer
Reeds CreekSilicaProspect
Santiago GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
Little Beaver Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Sweet MineGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Clearwater County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Headquarters in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
May 2015HailHeadquarters-The public reported half dollar sized (1.25 in) hail that fell in the woods near Headquarters, ID. Pictures confirmed the size of hail.
August 2014Heavy RainHeadquarters-The COOP observer measured 1.66 inches of rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7 am Aug. 15. Most likely this rainfall amount was associated with the supercell thunderstorm that tracked over the area.
October 2011Heavy RainHeadquarters-The spotter at Headquarters reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.80 inches.

Every storm recorded in Clearwater 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
Cardiff3.8 miles14
Hollywood5.4 miles14
Jaype7.0 miles14
Poorman9.4 miles14
Bingo Creek Landing9.6 miles10
Pierce9.6 miles10
Oro Fino (historical)10.2 miles10
Judge Town10.7 miles10

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 HeadquartersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5689882The 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 396638. 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.