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Judge Town, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83546. It stands on Hildebrand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pierce quadrangle.

Judge Town 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Judge Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 1 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
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Fireworks5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFRENCH WEST
5 September 2019Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBOTTOM DIVIDE
26 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPIERCE POWER LINE
2 September 2019Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWEST DIVIDE
2 September 2019Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNORTH DIVIDE
2 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPORTERS CAMP
17 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBECK FIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Judge Town: 13 past producers, 10 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Beryllium, Silver, 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
Black Diamond Graphite ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Musselshell PitPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Pierce City DistrictGold, Mercury, Titanium, Iron, PlatinumProducer1860
American PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer
Woodchuck PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer
Heywood Creek OccurrenceBerylliumOccurrenceBeryl
New OccurrenceBerylliumUnknown
Pierce Divide OccurrenceBerylliumOccurrenceBeryl
Placer Creek Beryl OccurrenceBerylliumOccurrenceVein
Armstrong 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
Cardiff Mill0.4 miles10
Oro Fino (historical)0.5 miles10
Pierce1.1 miles10
Jaype4.2 miles14
Poorman5.3 miles14
Hollywood5.9 miles14
Cardiff6.9 miles14
Peterson Corners6.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396719. 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.