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Newman, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83860. It stands on Garfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Talache quadrangle.

Newman within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Newman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony16
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGARFIELD
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresPend Oreille Area OfficeEAGLE CREST
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTALACHE ROAD
3 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOS 016 GLENGARY 2
3 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPOS 017 GLENGARY
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBREEN BAY II
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGARFIELD BAY
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTERRAPIN STATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Newman: 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gold CoinSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Gold Coin MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Hayes ProspectLead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Iron MaskSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Iron Mask Prospect MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadProducerVein
Silver Fox GroupLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Sulphide MineZinc, Lead, CopperOccurrenceVein
Sulphide MineCopperProspect
Bay CityLead, SilverOccurrence
Hayes MineSilver, LeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bonner 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
Broten1.3 miles16
Garfield1.7 miles16
Glengary3.4 miles16
Talache5.3 miles16
Sunnyside5.4 miles14
Lignite5.8 miles18
Talache Landing5.9 miles16
Sagle6.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 394266. 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.