Neva, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk River census division. It stands on West Fork Cameron Creek. The Survey maps it on the McGary Butte quadrangle.

Neva within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Bovill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Mc Gary Butte quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS Mc Gary Butte quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Neva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 65 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	65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	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
8 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Clearwater Potlatch Timber Protective Association	RUBY CREEK POWERLINE
7 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	JACKSON MOUNTAIN
7 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	OVIATT CR
7 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	CAMERON EAST
7 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	SOUTH SHATTUCK
6 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	JACKSON TELEPHONE
2 September 1994	Natural	1.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	JACKSON CR
4 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater 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 Neva: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Stone, Zinc, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gold Hunter Prospect	Lead, Gold, Zinc	Occurrence
Old Camp-Y-Pit	Stone	Producer
Old Jackson Tunnel Prospect	Zinc	Occurrence	Vein
Victoria Prospect	Zinc, Lead, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Ruby Creek Mine	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Ruby Creek Prospect	Zinc, Lead, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Ables Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Gold Eagle Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Silver King Property	Gold	Occurrence	Gold

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kameron	2.9 miles	11
Elk River	6.3 miles	10
Five Corners	12.8 miles	11
Dent	13.1 miles	11
Teakean	17.6 miles	10
Cavendish	18.0 miles	10
Best Corner	18.1 miles	11
Johnson	19.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396951. 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.