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Morgan Place, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. It stands on Castle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Butte quadrangle.

Morgan Place within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Place between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,547 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresBoise DistrictLEMLY
19 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresBoise DistrictCLOUDBURST
12 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictFOSSIL
8 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictOREO
22 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresBoise DistrictTOX
14 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictMP50 HWY78
5 June 2016Debris and open burning191 acresBoise DistrictWEES
26 June 2017Natural2,137 acresBoise DistrictYETI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Morgan Place: 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gold PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Northwest Big Foot Bar PlacerGoldUnknown
OneidaGoldProspect
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Owyhee 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
Oreana7.4 miles18
Sinker (historical)12.5 miles13
Grand View12.6 miles14
Spiry Place15.3 miles9
Murphy16.6 miles13
Carothers Place (historical)17.6 miles9
Doyle Place18.4 miles9
Guffey19.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396926. 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.