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Lightfoot, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83525. It stands on Little Moose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trapper Creek quadrangle.

Lightfoot within Idaho 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Lightfoot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 76 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
Natural76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsRYAN
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsGALENA
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsDEER
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsJUNGLE
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBUTTE
27 September 1993Smokingunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named
22 September 1997Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forests9560
20 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Lightfoot: 13 past producers, 11 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alberta ProspectCopper, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
American Eagle MineGold, Silver, Lead, Tellurium, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1897, 1903
Great WesternUraniumOccurrence
Hercules ProspectGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverProspect1903
Pasadena ProspectGold, Silver, Copper, ZincPast ProducerVein
Red River PlacersGold, Zirconium, Silver, REEPast Producer
StricknaTungstenUnknown
Tyee PlacerGold, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, REEPast ProducerPlacer
American Eagle Placer ClaimsGold, REEPast ProducerPlacer
J and M Placer ClaimGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Gibler2.0 miles10
Leprouse2.3 miles10
Gold Point4.8 miles11
Elk City8.5 miles11
Orogrande9.7 miles12
Red River Hot Springs9.8 miles10
Midasville12.4 miles10
Dixie12.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 400546. 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.