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Jenness, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Emmett Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83607. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Emmett quadrangle.

Jenness within Gem County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Jenness between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,208 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks8
Firearms and explosives use7
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictEM HOLLOW
29 September 2019Firearms and explosives use5.9 acresBoise DistrictJENNY
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresBoise DistrictFREEZE
16 September 2006Fireworks1.0 acresBoise DistrictNOBLE
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictBRAMJEN
11 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresBoise DistrictELPASORD#3
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictEL PASO
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined101 acresBoise DistrictJENNI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gem County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jenness: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Silica. 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
Emmett PlantSilicaProducer
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gem 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
Bramwell2.3 miles11
Letha4.5 miles11
Del Monte5.0 miles11
Cold House5.3 miles11
Little Rock6.9 miles11
Emmett7.3 miles15
Plaza11.6 miles15
Black Canyon11.7 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 Q122539328The 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 397820. 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.