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Moose City, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies near Sailor Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Osier Ridge quadrangle.

Moose City within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Moose City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,337 acres in total. 101 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
Natural101
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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 2009Natural5.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSWAMP
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSWAMP
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsMOOSE MOUNTAIN
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCOMET
30 September 2001Smokingunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBROKEN NOSE
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCOMET CREEK
22 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsOSIER
19 September 1996Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsLAST CHANCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Moose City: 13 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silica, REE, Mercury. 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
Bull Moose PlacerGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, AluminumProducer
Dead Wood Creek PlacerGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Lucky DeadwoodREE, Iron, Garnet, Zirconium, TitaniumProspect
Moose City VicinityGold, SilverOccurrence
Moose Creek Deposit # 1REE, Titanium, Iron, Gold, Garnet, ZirconiumProspect
Moose Mountain ProspectMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sand OccurrenceSilicaOccurrenceSand
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sand OccurrenceSilicaOccurrenceSand
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone OccurrenceSilicaOccurrenceSandstone
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone OccurrenceSilicaOccurrenceSandstone

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
The Cedars6.2 miles12
Cayuse Junction18.7 miles13
Isabella Landing27.9 miles10
Bingo Creek Landing33.4 miles10
Headquarters38.7 miles14
Cardiff40.1 miles14
Hollywood41.8 miles14
Pierce41.9 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 Q122553388The 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 400003. 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.