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Moss, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83651. The Survey maps it on the Nampa quadrangle.

Moss within Canyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Moss between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeGOTTS
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeMARLBORO4
22 September 2008Naturalunder an acreDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeORCHARD
16 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeMARLBORO3
13 September 1995Arson/incendiarism16 acresDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugePOINT
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeGOTTS 4
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeGOTTS 3
30 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDeer Flat National Wildlife RefugeMARLBORO2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Moss: 10 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: 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
A and A Redimix Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Baker Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Caldwell Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dell Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Canyon County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moss in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2023Thunderstorm WindMoss-A portion of a metal roof was ripped off of an aircraft hangar.
May 2018HailMoss-Trained spotters south of Caldwell reported lime and half dollar sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Canyon 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
Midway0.9 miles13
Fischer1.9 miles14
Karcher Junction2.2 miles14
Underkoflers Corner2.8 miles13
Maddens3.4 miles13
Bugtown (historical)4.2 miles13
Caldwell4.8 miles13
Nampa6.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396929. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.