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Naples, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bonners Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83847. It stands on Trail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Naples quadrangle. It stands 2,037 feet above sea level.

Naples within Boundary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Naples between 1992 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning45
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2

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 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHOT FOOT
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH FALLS CRK
9 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsELK HOLLOW
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSANDY BEAVER
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLONELY PINE
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKABLOOM
4 September 2003Smokingunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMUTINY POINT
3 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSARDINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Naples: 5 unknowns, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Tellurium. 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
Unnamed LocationTelluriumProspect
Naples ProspectUraniumProspect1953
Nelson ClaimUraniumUnknown
Unnamed LocationUraniumProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Portrey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Boundary County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Naples in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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
April 2017Debris FlowNaples$50,000A debris flow cut Highway 95, which is a primary route through Boundary County, near the town of Naples.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindNaples$15,000no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindNaples$500Davis wx station recorded 57 mph gust. One large Pine down and some Aspen trees.
March 2012FloodNaples-Portions of Old Highway 95, north of Naples, were flooded when heavy spring runoff flooded caused Deep Creek to flow out of its banks.
April 1998HailNaples-3/4 ich hail
July 2006HailNaples-no account filed
August 2006HailNaples-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boundary 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
Shiloh1.8 miles12
Deep Creek3.6 miles12
Burns3.8 miles12
Mc Arthur3.9 miles12
Moravia5.4 miles12
Schnoors8.6 miles12
Bonners Ferry9.2 miles12
Allens Spur11.8 miles12

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 NaplesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3870228The 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 387463. 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.