Jim Moore Place, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83525. It stands on Moore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sheepeater Mountain quadrangle.

Jim Moore Place within Idaho County

On record in Jim Moore Place

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Jim Moore Placelisted 1978 · 0.1 miles away
Campbell's Ferrylisted 2007 · 0.4 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Sheepeater Mtn quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Warren quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Sheepeater Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Jim Moore Place between 1992 and 2017, burning about 19,436 acres in total. 64 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	64
Other causes	1
Debris and open burning	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 1997	Natural	7.0 acres	Payette National Forest	TROUT PNF
5 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Payette National Forest	LEMHI POINT
3 September 2011	Natural	490 acres	Payette National Forest	BURNT KNOB
17 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	ELKHORN
16 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Payette National Forest	ELKHORN
15 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	RABBIT
15 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	not named
15 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Jim Moore Place: 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Titanium, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, Titanium, Garnet, Iron, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Big Mallard Bar	Gold, Garnet, Titanium, Iron	Past Producer	Placer
Churchill Creek Prospect	Silver	Occurrence	Silver
Hermit Hanks Prospect	Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Lead	Prospect
Moore Bar	Gold, Titanium, Garnet, Iron, Silver	Past Producer	Placer
Gaines Bar	Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium	Past Producer	Placer
Gold Dust Sonny Placer	Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium	Past Producer	1957
Groundhog Bar Placer	Gold, Garnet, Iron, Titanium	Past Producer	Placer
Hermit Hanks Bar Placer	Gold, Iron, Titanium	Occurrence	Placer
Julie Creek Bar Placer	Gold, Iron, Titanium	Occurrence	Placer
Lemhi Bar Placer	Gold, Iron, Titanium	Occurrence	Placer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dixie	8.0 miles	10
Midasville	8.6 miles	10
Fourway Junction	10.7 miles	8
Mackay Bar	11.7 miles	11
Lightfoot	16.1 miles	10
Gibler	17.6 miles	10
Leprouse	18.0 miles	10
Orogrande	18.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397821. 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.