Heath, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cambridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83610. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brownlee Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 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 Brownlee Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Heath between 1992 and 2020, burning about 97,456 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 96,614 acres | Payette National Forest | WOODHEAD |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BROWNLEE |
| 10 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | CONNER GULCH |
| 9 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BROWNLEE |
| 6 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Payette National Forest | WOODHEAD |
| 28 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BROWNLEE |
| 25 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Payette National Forest | JACKSON |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | TRIBE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Heath: 14 prospects, 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Manganese, Iron. 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Houlahan Prospect | Lead, Silver | Prospect | Replacement | |
| IXL Mine | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1921 | |
| Montezuma | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Railroad Mine | Copper, Bismuth, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Thor Property | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heath in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Heath | - | Local law enforcement reported flash flooding with mudslides along State Road 71 between Cambridge and Oxbow Dam and on U.S Highway 95 between Weiser and Cambridge. |
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 395456. 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.




