Joseph, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83540. It stands on Lapwai Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lapwai quadrangle.

Joseph within Nez Perce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Lapwai quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Lewiston Orchards quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

260 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Joseph between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,727 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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
Fireworks	87
Equipment and vehicle use	37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35
Debris and open burning	34
Smoking	15
Other causes	11
Recreation and ceremony	9
Natural	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3

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
9 September 2005	Fireworks	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	OVERTHILL
8 September 2008	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	BOOM GROUNDS RR
7 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	EVENTS
7 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	CARVALLEY
7 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	PUMPKINFIR
30 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	ROCKY TOP
30 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	SMOKEHOUSE
3 September 2018	Fireworks	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	HOOP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Joseph: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Spalding Pit	Stone	Producer
Crystal Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Nez Perce 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
Spalding	0.5 miles	10
North Lapwai	0.6 miles	10
Lapwai	3.2 miles	10
Arrow	3.8 miles	10
Sweetwater	5.5 miles	9
Myrtle	6.3 miles	9
Gurney	6.8 miles	9
Bundy	7.0 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399081. 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.