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Landore, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Council census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83654. It stands on Placer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cuprum quadrangle.

Landore within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Landore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 2 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
Natural58
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
5 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePayette National Forestnot named
4 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestBESSIE GULCH
3 September 2011Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestBRONCO
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestSADDLE
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestSAWPIT
28 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePayette National ForestBESSIE GULCH
21 September 2015Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestGRASS CANYON
21 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePayette National ForestWESLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Landore: 22 past producers, 21 prospects, 11 occurrences, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Alaska MineTungsten, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer1892, 1952
Arkansas MineCopper, Lead, Gold, SilverPast Producer1887
AxeCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Bear CreekStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blue Jacket MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, TungstenPast Producer1887, 1897
California ProspectCopper, Garnet, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProspectContact Metamorphic
Calumet ProspectCopper, Gold, Silver, TungstenPast ProducerContact Metamorphic
Chieftain ClaimGold, Silver, Molybdenum, CopperProspect
Devil's Hollow ProspectGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Frenchy's MineCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer1880

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Helena3.5 miles12
Cuprum4.1 miles13
Bear7.2 miles13
Rankin Mill10.8 miles16
Rubicon16.9 miles14
Tamarack17.3 miles13
Pinehurst18.0 miles13
Pine Ridge18.2 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122566798The 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 396767. 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.