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Lenore, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83541. It stands on Jacks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lenore quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Lenore 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Lenore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,822 acres in total. 13 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural13
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresNez Perce TribeBOULDERL1
6 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor310 acresCottonwood Field OfficeHARPERSBND
6 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresNez Perce TribeCOOK'S GRADE
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCottonwood Field OfficeHIGHWAY 12
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresNez Perce TribeSUNNYSIDE
23 September 2018Debris and open burning6.8 acresIdaho Department of LandsPARKS
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHARPERS BEND
21 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use80 acresIdaho Department of LandsHANKS GRADE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lenore: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
Bedrock Creek Limestone MineLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, CopperPast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Nez Perce County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenore in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022FloodLenore$8,000Campground was flooded along school road. Report relayed via law enforcement.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLenore$100Thunderstorm winds blew a tree across US Hwy 12, blocking the roadway for a time.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLenore-Spotter reported 65 mph wind gust
May 2006HailLenore-no account filed
May 2006HailLenore-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Willola1.0 miles10
Agatha1.4 miles10
Big George3.1 miles10
Eugene4.4 miles9
Gifford4.5 miles9
Leland5.6 miles10
Taney (historical)6.3 miles10
German Settlement6.7 miles9

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 LenoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6523080The 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 396782. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.