Lake Fork, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the McCall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83638. The Survey maps it on the Lake Fork quadrangle. It stands 4,974 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake Fork
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 7 records
Gust Laituri Homesteadlisted 1982
Long Valley Finnish Churchlisted 1980
Matt Ruatsale Homesteadlisted 1982- Thomas Jarvi Homesteadlisted 1982
- Johnson, John G., (Rintakangas) Homesteadlisted 1982
- Johnson, John S., (Sampila) Homesteadlisted 1982
- Herman Ojala Homesteadlisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Lake Fork quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lake Fork quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Lake Fork between 1992 and 2019, burning about 125 acres in total. 27 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JUGHANDLE 60 |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JUGHANDLE |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOUIE CREEK |
| 5 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 63 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WHITE CLOUD |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WALK |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARREL |
| 2 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GRASSY |
| 16 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TWIN FORKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lake Fork: 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Silica, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Creek Placer | Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Jacobs Property | Silica | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lake Fork Creek | REE, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Garnet | Unknown | ||
| Goodenough Prospect | Quartz | Occurrence | 1943 | |
| Goodenough Prospect | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Jacobs | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Jacobs Quartz | Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Fork County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Fork Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Soulen Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lake Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6475877 | The 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 396759. 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.





