Meadowhurst, Idaho
10 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 Saint Maries River. The Survey maps it on the Saint Maries quadrangle.
On record in Meadowhurst
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Maries Masonic Temple No. 63listed 2011 · 0.5 miles away
Kootenai Innlisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
Benewah County Courthouselisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS St. Maries quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS St. Maries quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Meadowhurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 394 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | UPPER SYRINGA |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | CASSANDRA HILLS |
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CHRISTMAS HILLS 2 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TURTLE |
| 6 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CHRISTMAS HILLS |
| 30 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PARTY SCENE |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WOLF DRAW |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | KITTLES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Meadowhurst: 4 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Engle Mtn. | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Silver Star Prospect | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| St. Maries Clay Occurrence | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Dement Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Mauro Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| St. Maries Clay Occurrence | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| St. Maries Clay Occurrence | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Joseph Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Maries | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Riverdale | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Milltown | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Omega | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ramsdell | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Parkline | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lotus | 7.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q122573422 | 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 394806. 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.





