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Howelltown, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Post Falls-Rathdrum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83858. It lies near Howell Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Rathdrum quadrangle.

Howelltown within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Howelltown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 6 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
Natural29
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters515
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsFLATS
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWATERSHED
29 September 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsBURLINGTON
24 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCENIC LODGE 21
2 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsYOUNGS DRAW
13 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsLATAH
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCRYSTAL SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Howelltown: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Fuller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kootenai 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
East Greenacres2.4 miles16
Hauser2.6 miles19
Grand Junction3.9 miles15
Coeur d'Alene Junction4.2 miles16
Haycrop4.8 miles16
Rathdrum4.8 miles16
Post Falls4.9 miles15
McGuire5.1 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122543173The 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 397801. 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.