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Jacobson, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Weippe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83553. It stands on Heywood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weippe South quadrangle.

Jacobson within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Jacobson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 7 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
Natural52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks4

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 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRIDGE APART
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFIDDLER ROAD
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLACEY MEADOW
6 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFIDLER FLATS
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLOLO
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsWEIPPE CEDAR
29 September 2019Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBORDERLINE
29 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresIdaho Department of LandsRESERVE POND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jacobson: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron, Gold, Stone, Dimension. 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
Cw-69s QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Lolo MineGold, CopperOccurrence
Weippe Iron DepositIron, GoldOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
Weippe2.7 miles10
Johnsons Mill6.1 miles10
Peterson Corners7.1 miles10
Musselshell9.5 miles10
Cooper10.3 miles11
Omill10.7 miles10
Haley10.8 miles10
Cow Creek10.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 393995. 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.