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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1914 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Mastodon Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Mastodon Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MARBLE MILE 1 |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | AVERY HILL |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BOULDER |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | 8.6 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MAC FLASH |
| 2 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SLATE CREEK |
| 14 September 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | TANK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar Prospect | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite | |
| Franklin Prospect | Copper, Nickel, Cobalt | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Kelly | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| St. Joe Pegmatite | Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Cougar Group | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cougar Prospect | Copper, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Theriault | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Kelly Bros. Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethelton | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Horsecamp | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Avery | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Marble Creek | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pocono | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Erlmo | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Stetson | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Kyle (historical) | 10.0 miles | 12 |
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.







