BlockLinden, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Troy-Juliaetta-Kendrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83537. It lies near Gold Hill. The Survey maps it on the Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Ahsahka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Linden between 1994 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 33 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CEDAR CREEK |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | PINE CREEK |
| 25 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CEDAR CREEK |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARN |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GOLD HILL |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FERNHILL |
| 7 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LITTLE BOULDER |
| 6 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CEDAR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Linden: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mason Butte Titanium Placer | Titanium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Park Clay Occurrence No. 1 | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Park Clay Occurrence No. 3 | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linden in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linden | $500 | Law enforcement reported trees blown down on US 12 at Mile Marker 21 which is around 21 miles northeast of Lewiston, ID. |
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 Linden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657954 | 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 400231. 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.