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Midnight, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Stibnite census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83677. It stands on Fiddle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stibnite quadrangle.

Midnight within Valley County

On record in Midnight

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Midnight between 1992 and 2013, burning about 14,530 acres in total. 20 started naturally. None 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
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 September 1996Natural4.0 acresPayette National ForestSUGAR MTN.
23 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePayette National ForestSUMMIT
16 September 1995Natural1.3 acresPayette National ForestANNIE
9 August 2006Natural2,360 acresPayette National ForestTAMARACK WFU
8 August 2013Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestFIDDLE
7 August 2006Natural2,650 acresPayette National ForestBISHOP CREEK
5 August 2011Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestSUGAR
27 August 2013Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestCANE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Midnight: 37 occurrences, 12 prospects, 11 past producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Gold, Antimony. 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
BonanzaGold, Silver, AntimonyProspect
FernGold, Mercury, SilverPast Producer
Garnet Creek ProspectSilver, Gold, AntimonyOccurrence
Hennessey ProspectAntimony, MercuryProspectVein
Hermes Mine (includes Fern Mine)Mercury, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1902, 1918
KennedyCopper, Gold, MolybdenumOccurrence
Madam QueenCopper, Molybdenum, GoldOccurrence
Meadow Creek MineAntimony, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, CopperPast Producer1900, 1932
Meadow Creek MineSilver, Tungsten, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Monumental Summit Rare - Earth ProspectManganese, REEOccurrence1966

Every working recorded in Valley 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
Stibnite1.8 miles14
Abstein Place8.9 miles14
Yellow Pine9.1 miles14
Edwardsburg13.5 miles12
Big Creek14.1 miles12
Fritser Ford19.4 miles9
Lawman Ford19.6 miles10
Landmark21.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397909. 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.