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Mashburn, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83861. It stands on Soldier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa quadrangle.

Mashburn within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Mashburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 29 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
Natural29
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
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
9 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFLAT CREEK
6 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCROSBY 2
30 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPILES FIRE
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTRAM CREEK
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOLDIER CREEK
24 September 2001Natural3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCHOULSON CREEK
23 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON PT II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah 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 Mashburn: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Kaolin. 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
Robert Hyde ProspectIronOccurrenceVein
Thorn Creek Hill Kaolinite OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
State Pit Pw 77-5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benewah 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
Wayland1.5 miles9
Santa3.2 miles9
Flat Creek3.7 miles9
Renfrew3.9 miles9
Cardwell4.1 miles10
Rover4.6 miles10
Tyson Creek Station5.3 miles9
Alder Creek6.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397894. 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.