Keeler, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It stands on Wood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bechtel Butte quadrangle.

Keeler within Shoshone 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.

1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Bovill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Bechtel Butte quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS Bechtel Butte quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Keeler between 1994 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. 37 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
Natural	37
Recreation and ceremony	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
6 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	LITTLE EAST FK 18
6 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	SHERWIN PT. 20
6 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	EAST FORK EMERALD CK
18 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	EMERALD BUTTE 6
18 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	EMERALD BUTTE 7
9 August 2019	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	WEST ANTHONY
8 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	not named
4 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	PORCUPINE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Clarkia

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Keeler: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Kyanite. 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
Bobs Creek Mica Occurrence	Mica	Occurrence
Idaho Garnet Abrasive Placer	Garnet, Kyanite	Past Producer	Placer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Emerald Creek Garnet Occurrence	Garnet	Occurrence	Placer
Emerald Creek Placer	Garnet	Producer	Placer
Idaho Garnet Abrasive	Garnet	Past Producer
Idaho Garnet and Abrasive Co.	Garnet	Past Producer
Sherwin Garnet Placer	Garnet	Occurrence	Placer

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Clarkia	4.7 miles	10
Emerald Creek	8.0 miles	10
Calder	23.0 miles	9
Pocono	24.2 miles	8
Herrick	24.2 miles	9
Erlmo	24.9 miles	9
Marble Creek	25.1 miles	9
Horsecamp	27.8 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396731. 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.