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Nelson, 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 83839. It stands on Graham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grizzly Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nelson within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Nelson (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 1 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
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2020Naturalunder an acreCataldo Area OfficeMONTGOMERY STRIKE
27 September 2017Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPRING CREEK
21 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOAL CREEK
18 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNO NAME CREEK
10 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSILVER CREEK
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBROWN CEDAR
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSTEAMBOAT 2
9 August 2015Recreation and ceremony5.5 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestRIVER FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nelson (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Silver. 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
Edwards ProspectLead, Zinc, SilverProspect

Every working 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
Steamboat (historical)3.3 miles13
Prichard6.0 miles18
Kellogg8.1 miles19
Bradley8.3 miles19
Linfor8.4 miles14
Elk Creek8.5 miles19
Delta8.5 miles18
Elizabeth Park8.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399357. 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.