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Hot Springs, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bruneau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83604. It lies near Bruneau Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hot Springs quadrangle.

Hot Springs within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hot Springs between 1996 and 2018, burning about 55,287 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2018Natural1,024 acresTwin Falls DistrictLOVERIDGE
26 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictSEVENTY
25 September 1999Recreation and ceremony233 acresBoise DistrictTHE TUBS
8 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use101 acresTwin Falls DistrictLOVER
27 August 2011Fireworks9.0 acresBoise DistrictHOTLEY
2 August 2004Natural37 acresTwin Falls DistrictW BROWN
18 August 2010Other causes18 acresBoise DistrictNOTSOHOT
14 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictRA8 BRFD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Hot Springs: 9 occurrences, 9 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Limestone, General, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gemstone. 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
Petrified Fossil LocalityGemstoneUnknown
Royal Purple 1-3Semiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Terry Linn PlacersGoldOccurrence
Hot Creek Falls Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Hot Creek LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
A. BilbaoGeothermalProspect
B. BilbaoGeothermalProspect
E. BertschyGeothermalProspect
E. BlackGeothermalProspect

Every working recorded in Owyhee 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
Bruneau7.4 miles13
Buncel Place23.3 miles9
Grand View24.1 miles14
Cottonwood (historical)26.1 miles8
Wickahoney26.9 miles7
Harvey Place27.1 miles9
Comical Turn27.6 miles8
Grasmere30.0 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399921. 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.