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Mount Idaho, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grangeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83530. The Survey maps it on the Grangeville East quadrangle.

Mount Idaho within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Mount Idaho between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,238 acres in total. 37 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
Natural37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 1996Equipment and vehicle use1,100 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBLACKERBY
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeMT IDAHO LOWER
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeMT IDAHO MIDDLE
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeMT IDAHO UPPER
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsDUMP CREEK
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsPRIVATE DUMP CREEK
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsFISH CREEK
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Mount Idaho: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Atlanta GroupSilver, CopperOccurrence
Camas Prairie Clay DepositClay, AluminumProspect
Dewey MineCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1899
MargaretCopper, MolybdenumProspect
Sylvanite Gold - Copper ProspectGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Altman PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Boulder Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Carpenter PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
EvergreenCopper, SilverProspect
Haener PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Grangeville2.7 miles9
Harpster8.5 miles11
Asbestos Point9.6 miles12
Fenn10.1 miles8
Denver10.4 miles10
Clearwater13.0 miles9
Shells Lick13.8 miles10
Stites14.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396932. 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.