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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.

Meadowhurst within Benewah County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

91 since 1992

Regional 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 burning23
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsUPPER SYRINGA
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthern Idaho AgencyCASSANDRA HILLS
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS 2
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTURTLE
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS
30 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARTY SCENE
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWOLF DRAW
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKITTLES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carmon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engle Mtn.Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperUnknown
Silver Star ProspectGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceBrick ClayOccurrenceClay
Dement PitStoneProducer
Mauro PitStoneProducer
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
Joseph QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

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
Saint Maries0.5 miles10
Riverdale0.6 miles10
Milltown1.0 miles10
Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff2.4 miles10
Omega4.5 miles10
Ramsdell6.5 miles9
Parkline6.7 miles9
Lotus7.0 miles10

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 Q122573422The 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.