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Lenville, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Troy-Juliaetta-Kendrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83832. It lies near Fix Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle.

Lenville within Latah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lenville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning4
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLENVILLE ROAD
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPENCE ROAD #2
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBLAINE ROAD
17 September 1998Natural4.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsSPENCE ROAD
28 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined142 acresPonderosa Area OfficeLITTLE POTLATCH
27 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined51 acresIdaho Department of LandsDRISCOLL RIDGE
17 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use53 acresIdaho Department of LandsFIX RIDGE
11 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use80 acresIdaho Department of LandsAIRPORT ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lenville: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Feldspar, Quartz, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Joel Quartz OccurrenceQuartzOccurrenceQuartz
Pine Grove School Clay DepositClay, FeldsparOccurrenceClay

Every working recorded in Latah 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
Lidyville (historical)3.6 miles10
Cornwall5.0 miles11
Joel5.4 miles13
Blaine5.9 miles13
Orchard Homes (historical)6.5 miles10
Howell6.8 miles11
Genesee7.5 miles10
Bovard (historical)7.5 miles11

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 LenvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657945The 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 399107. 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.