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Newsome, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It stands on Pilot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pilot Knob quadrangle.

Newsome within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Newsome between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,178 acres in total. 172 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
Natural172
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsWAGON
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsLUCK
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCOYOTE
7 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBALDY
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsNUGGET TRAIL
3 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsWARTHOG
28 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSNOW
25 September 2009Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSING LEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Newsome: 13 past producers, 11 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Thorium, Uranium. 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
AnacondaGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Golden Age ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, Thorium, UraniumPast ProducerVein
Iron Crown MineGold, Zinc, Copper, SilverPast Producer1888
Newsome and Leggett Creek PlacerSilver, GoldPast ProducerPlacer
Old Montana PlacerGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerPlacer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Buckeye PlacerGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Legget Creek PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer
Newsome House PlacerGold, SilverProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Mud Springs3.8 miles14
Fall Creek6.7 miles13
Golden7.1 miles13
York8.0 miles10
Old Golden8.3 miles13
Elk City11.7 miles11
Orogrande14.7 miles12
Gold Point15.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396956. 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.