Lower Stanley, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Stanley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83278. It stands on Nip and Tuck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stanley quadrangle.
On record in Lower Stanley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Stanley Ranger Stationlisted 1982 · 0.1 miles away
- Niece Brothers' Storelisted 1995 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Custer quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Custer quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stanley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS White Cloud Peaks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Lower Stanley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | HAZARD |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | CROOKED CREEK |
| 23 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | BUCKHORN |
| 19 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | NOHO |
| 15 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | MARSHALL |
| 9 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | REPEATER |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | RANCH |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | BOUNDARY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Lower Stanley: 26 prospects, 24 past producers, 19 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Geothermal, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Prospect | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | Vein | |
| Big Casino Creek Placer | Gold, Iron, Garnet, Zirconium, Titanium, REE | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Blind Ledge Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bright Star Mine | Gold, Silver, Uranium, Tellurium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Bronco Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| East Storlie Prospect | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Elizabeth | Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Four Aces Placer | Gold, Garnet, Zirconium, Titanium, REE, Iron | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Fran Clara Prospect | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | Vein | |
| Gold Chance Mine | Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Past Producer | 1893 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122538876 | 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 397881. 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.







