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Mud Springs, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83530. It lies near The Narrows. The Survey maps it on the Center Star Mountain quadrangle.

Mud Springs within Idaho County

On record in Mud Springs

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

7 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Mud Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 103 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
Natural103
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
8 September 2017Natural75 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBIG ELK
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSTAR
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsRABBIT
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsNUGGET TRAIL
28 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSNOW
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBENNETT
9 August 2015Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBIG ELK
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsELK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Mud Springs: 25 past producers, 11 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Tungsten. 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
Alma PlacerGold, REE, Titanium, GarnetPast ProducerPlacer
AnacondaGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Center Star MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1907
Golden Age ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, Thorium, UraniumPast ProducerVein
Iron Crown MineGold, Zinc, Copper, SilverPast Producer1888
New York MineGold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Iron, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1900, 1915
Old Montana PlacerGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerPlacer
South Fork MineSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1905
Tenmile DistrictGold, TungstenOccurrenceQUARTZ - SULFIDE VEINS
Tenmile DistrictGold, SilverProducerFISSURE VEINS, PLACER

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
Newsome3.8 miles13
Fall Creek5.0 miles13
Golden6.1 miles13
Old Golden6.3 miles13
York6.5 miles10
Elk City8.3 miles11
Orogrande11.1 miles12
Gold Point11.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396935. 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.