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Little Rock, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Emmett Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83617. It lies near Emmett Valley. The Survey maps it on the Letha quadrangle.

Little Rock within Gem County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Little Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,553 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Firearms and explosives use2
Natural2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
16 September 2006Fireworks1.0 acresBoise DistrictNOBLE
11 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresBoise DistrictELPASORD#3
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictEL PASO
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresBoise DistrictDA DUMP
4 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictDEWEY
31 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined52 acresBoise DistrictEL PASO #2
30 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use219 acresBoise DistrictELPASO RD.
28 August 2016Firearms and explosives use2.4 acresBoise DistrictDEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gem County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Little Rock: 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Gem 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
Letha2.9 miles11
Jenness6.9 miles11
Bramwell8.0 miles11
Del Monte8.6 miles11
Cold House9.4 miles11
Emmett10.7 miles15
Black Canyon13.3 miles15
Plaza13.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396806. 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.