Murray, Idaho
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Murray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83874. It lies near Alder Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Murray quadrangle. It stands 2,772 feet above sea level.
On record in Murray
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 3 records
Murray Masonic Halllisted 1987- John C. Feehan Houselisted 1980
- Murray Courthouselisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1932 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Burke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Murray quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Murray quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Murray between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,792 acres in total. 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MONARCH |
| 1 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | HORSE SHOE 27 |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | KINGS |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | FANCY HORNET |
| 4 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DELTA |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | LITTLE BALDY |
| 30 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | TOBOGGAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 124 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 124 workings within 5 miles of Murray: 56 past producers, 22 occurrences, 19 unknowns, 16 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Buckskin Gold and Silver Prospect | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Eagle Creek | Silver, Copper | Prospect | 1974 | |
| Four Square Mine | Lead, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1884 | |
| Friday | Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Giant Ledge Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Back Prospect | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Gold Back Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Coin Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | Gold, Scheelite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murray in 2 storm reports in 2007: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Hail | Murray | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Flood | Murray | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thiard | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Eagle | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Delta | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Sunset (historical) | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Carbon Center | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Ferguson | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Prichard | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cornwall | 7.6 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Murray | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4310138 | The 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 396938. 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.











