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Hoyt, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83802. It stands on Italian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mastodon Mountain quadrangle.

Hoyt within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Hoyt between 1992 and 2018, burning about 69 acres in total. 45 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
Natural45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestMARBLE MILE 1
7 September 2006Natural3.5 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestAVERY HILL
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
21 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBOULDER
2 September 2003Natural8.6 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestMAC FLASH
2 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
19 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSLATE CREEK
14 September 2001Natural5.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestTANK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hoyt: 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Feldspar, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cougar ProspectGold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Franklin ProspectCopper, Nickel, CobaltProspectChalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Tetrahedrite
KellyCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
St. Joe PegmatiteFeldsparProspect
Cougar GroupCopper, GoldOccurrence
Cougar ProspectCopper, GoldUnknown
TheriaultGoldOccurrence
Kelly Bros. ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Ethelton0.7 miles12
Horsecamp4.7 miles10
Avery6.0 miles12
Marble Creek6.0 miles9
Pocono6.9 miles8
Erlmo7.0 miles9
Stetson7.9 miles12
Kyle (historical)10.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396676. 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.