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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.

Murray within Shoshone County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

66 since 1993

Regional 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestMONARCH
1 September 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestHORSE SHOE 27
8 August 2003Natural1.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestKINGS
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
6 August 2004Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestFANCY HORNET
4 August 2014Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDELTA
4 August 2004Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestLITTLE BALDY
30 August 2017Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestTOBOGGAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 124 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anchor MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Buckskin Gold and Silver ProspectSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Clear Grit and Rooster Goose MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer1908
Eagle CreekSilver, CopperProspect1974
Four Square MineLead, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperProducer1884
FridayCopper, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Giant Ledge MineLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Gold Back ProspectSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gold Back ProspectCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Gold Coin MineGold, Lead, Copper, TungstenPast ProducerGold, Scheelite

Every working recorded in Shoshone County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007HailMurray-no account filed
March 2007FloodMurray-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shoshone 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
Thiard2.6 miles18
Eagle3.3 miles18
Delta4.6 miles18
Sunset (historical)4.6 miles19
Carbon Center5.3 miles18
Ferguson5.8 miles18
Prichard6.6 miles18
Cornwall7.6 miles19

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 MurrayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4310138The 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.