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Linfor, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Murray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83839. It stands on Little North Fork Coeur d'Alene River. The Survey maps it on the Kellogg West quadrangle.

Linfor within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Linfor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 979 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 3 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
Natural43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWET HAT
8 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWALL 23
30 September 2014Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHAZENDORF
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBURNING RUBBER
27 September 2017Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPRING CREEK
21 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOAL CREEK
21 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEAR CR MILL
18 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNO NAME CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Linfor: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Lead, 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
Blue Star ProspectSilver, LeadOccurrenceVein
Blue Star ProspectSilver, LeadPast Producer
Empire Copper MineCopper, GoldPast Producer1886, 1916
Mcgillivray ProspectTitanium, Zirconium, ChromiumUnknown
Pinehurst PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Theatre PitStoneProducer
Mission GroupLeadProspect
June MineCopperOccurrenceVein
Linfor CopperCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Enaville3.3 miles14
Pine Creek4.2 miles14
Kingston4.5 miles14
Pinehurst4.8 miles14
Smelterville5.4 miles14
Page5.5 miles14
Bradley5.8 miles19
Sweeney5.9 miles14

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 Q122572595The 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 396797. 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.