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Nora, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Troy-Juliaetta-Kendrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83871. It lies near Little Bear Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Stanford quadrangle.

Nora within Latah 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Nora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Fireworks1
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
27 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsORCHARD LOOP
27 September 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsSPRING VALLEY CR
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCABIN
20 September 2016Debris and open burning12 acresIdaho Department of LandsDRY CREEK
16 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWHITE PINE FLATS
10 September 2001Debris and open burning125 acresIdaho Department of LandsOSTERBERG ROAD
4 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPUD HILL
28 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCARLSON HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Nora: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin. 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
Benson Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinPast Producer1913
Copper Chief MineCopper, Cobalt, KyanitePast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Sillimanite
Deary ProspectIronOccurrenceSedimentary
Gemmill ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite
Jensen PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
McKeehan Clay MineKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)Past ProducerSurface
O.K. OlsonSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite
Olson and Stanford Hi-Al ClayAluminum, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Water, FreePast Producer1907, 1909
Troy Sillimanite Co. ProspectKyanite, CopperOccurrenceMetamorphic
B and N Switchyard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Latah 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
Troy4.0 miles11
Stanford5.6 miles11
Avon6.3 miles11
Vassar6.4 miles11
Howell6.4 miles11
Yale (historical)6.8 miles11
Bovard (historical)6.8 miles11
Deary8.1 miles11

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 NoraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20714301The 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 399141. 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.