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Howell, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Troy-Juliaetta-Kendrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83871. It lies near Dutch Flat. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle.

Howell within Latah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Howell between 1993 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 1997Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresIdaho Department of LandsCABIN
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFELTON CREEK
27 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsORCHARD LOOP
27 September 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsSPRING VALLEY CR
2 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsROBINSON LAKE
18 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsRANDALL FLAT
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPENCE ROAD #2
17 September 1998Natural4.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsSPENCE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Howell: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Quartz, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jensen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joel Clay MineKaolinPast Producer1916
McKeehan Clay MineKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past ProducerSurface
Moscow Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past ProducerClay
East Moscow Mountain ProspectQuartzOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Joel QuarryStonePast Producer
Joel Quartz OccurrenceQuartzOccurrenceQuartz
Lt-106 PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Latah County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howell in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2024Thunderstorm WindHowell$2,000Grain bin fell and landed on van. Pullman, Moscow Airport recorded a max gusts of 67 MPH.
March 2011FloodHowell-North Latah County Road Department reported water over roadways along portions of Randle Flat Creek Road and Driscoll Ridge Road near Troy, Idaho.

Every storm recorded in Latah 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
Troy2.5 miles11
Cornwall3.2 miles11
Joel3.7 miles13
Nora6.4 miles11
Lenville6.8 miles11
Bovard (historical)7.8 miles11
Blaine8.8 miles13
Lidyville (historical)9.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397800. 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.