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Mc Arthur, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the South and West Boundary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83847. It stands on Dodge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Naples quadrangle.

Mc Arthur within Boundary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Mc Arthur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning34
Natural31
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHOT FOOT
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH FALLS CRK
9 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsELK HOLLOW
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSANDY BEAVER
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLONELY PINE
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKABLOOM
4 September 2003Smokingunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMUTINY POINT
3 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSARDINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mc Arthur: 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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
Bald EagleBismuth, GoldUnknown
Davis PropertySilver, Lead, Gold, CopperOccurrence
Davis Property ProspectCopper, Lead, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Hammond MineZinc, Silver, LeadProspect
Hammond PropertyZinc, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Unnamed LocationTelluriumProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hottentot ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Hottentot ClaimsUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Boundary County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mc Arthur in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Debris FlowMc Arthur$2,500,000Periodic heavy rain and spring snow melt during the second half of March promoted numerous debris flows and landslides through out Boundary County. On March 15th vibrations from a train caused a saturated ground landslide which undermined the tracks and caused 12 rail cars full of grain to derail and slide into a ravine near Moyie Springs. Debris flows cut numerous roads in the county during the next two weeks. Boundary County was included in a Presidential Disaster Declaration as a result of damage created by this episode.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMc Arthur$20,000Thunderstorm winds ranging between 55 and 65 miles per hour knocked down numerous trees across central and eastern sections of Boundary County. At least ten trees were knocked down in and around the city of Bonner Ferry.
December 2025FloodMc Arthur$2,000Forest Service Road 293 washed out and a landslide covered Forest Service Road 231 below it. Damage cost is estimated.

Every storm recorded in Boundary 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
Shiloh2.5 miles12
Naples3.9 miles12
Deep Creek7.2 miles12
Burns7.4 miles12
Moravia9.1 miles12
Schnoors12.5 miles12
Bonners Ferry13.1 miles12
Allens Spur15.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399130. 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.