BlockHeath, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Cambridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83610. It lies near Cuddy Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cuddy Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Copperfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Cuddy Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Cuddy Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Heath (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 854 acres in total. 39 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 | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | EDNA MAY |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BROWNLEE |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Payette National Forest | RUSH |
| 28 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 348 acres | Payette National Forest | ADVENT GULCH |
| 26 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BUCK PARK |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | 60 acres | Payette National Forest | GRAVES |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | 102 acres | Payette National Forest | CUDDY POINT |
| 1 September 1994 | Natural | 257 acres | Payette National Forest | RUSH 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Heath (historical): 17 prospects, 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Climax Prospect | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Cuddy Mine | Iron, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Cuddy Mtn. District | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Producer | DISSEMINATED, LENS, REPLACEMENT | |
| Edna May Prospect | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Four V Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| Grade Creek Prospect | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite | |
| Hercules Group Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| IXL Mine | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1921 | |
| Keystone Property | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1950 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399071. 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.