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Jaype, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83546. It stands on Trail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jaype quadrangle.

Jaype within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Jaype between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 2 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationCANAL POWERLINE
26 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPIERCE POWER LINE
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMCCAULY CREEK
2 September 2019Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNORTH DIVIDE
2 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPORTERS CAMP
19 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDEMOCRAT RIDGE
11 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE SHANGHAI
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSNAKE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Jaype: 12 past producers, 9 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Beryllium, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Musselshell PitPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Pierce City DistrictGold, Mercury, Titanium, Iron, PlatinumProducer1860
Placer Creek Beryl OccurrenceBerylliumOccurrenceVein
American PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer
Woodchuck PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer
Boggs Gulch PlacersGoldUnknown
Boise QuartzGoldUnknown
Bole Property MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Canal Gulch Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer1860
Clearwater Gulch PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer

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
Hollywood1.8 miles14
Pierce3.2 miles10
Cardiff3.2 miles14
Poorman3.4 miles14
Oro Fino (historical)3.7 miles10
Judge Town4.2 miles10
Cardiff Mill4.5 miles10
Haley5.6 miles10

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 Q122541944The 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 396701. 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.