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North Fork, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Salmon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83466. It stands on North Fork Salmon River. The Survey maps it on the North Fork quadrangle. It stands 3,632 feet above sea level.

North Fork within Lemhi County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of North Fork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,387 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 6 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
Natural58
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestBOBCAT GULCH
30 September 2015Debris and open burning14 acresSalmon-Challis National ForestJULY
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,862 acresSalmon-Challis National ForestRIVER BREAKS
20 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestBOBCAT
15 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National Forestnot named
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestSAGE
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestCOMET
7 August 1998Natural4.0 acresSalmon-Challis National ForestDRY GULCH

Every fire recorded in Lemhi County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of North Fork: 10 occurrences, 4 prospects, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Thorium, Titanium, Gold, 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
Bobcat Gulch ProspectMolybdenum, Copper, GoldProspect1977
Lang ClaimGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Last Chance ProspectCopper, Thorium, REE, TitaniumProspectAllanite, Chalcopyrite, Ilmenite, Monazite, Rutile, Xenotime
Little Thompson Gulch ProspectSilver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Radiant ClaimsThorium, REE, TitaniumOccurrenceAllanite, Ilmenite, Monazite, Rutile
Salmon River Uranium Development Co.Thorium, Uranium, TitaniumProspect
Copper QueenCopperOccurrenceVein
Copper QueenCopperOccurrence
Rattlesnake ProspectGold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Silver
Wagonhammer ProspectGold, SilverPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Lemhi County

Storms near this place

18 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Fork in 18 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Debris FlowNorth Fork$5,000There were reports received that multiple large debris slides occurred between Pine Creek and Panther Creek along the Salmon River Road, leading to rescue operations to free stranded motorists. There were also reports of large boulders on the road between Indianola and Spring Creek Campground.
August 2009HailNorth Fork$4,000Large hail up to 1.75 inches was reported by the public in Carmen. In addition, shingles were blown off a roof.
May 2018HailNorth Fork$2,000Hail damaged skylights, air conditioning units and caused leaks in a few RV's at a nearby campground.
September 2013Flash FloodNorth Fork$2,000Very wet thunderstorms triggered flash flooding in the Kriley Creek drainage. This debris flow traveled over the northbound lane of highway 93 shutting it down for a period. The BLM road Kriley Gulch Rd was closed in the Kriley Creek drainage due to another separate washout.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Fork$1,000The Kriley Creek RAWS at 5,200 ft. MSL reported a hurricane force wind gust associated with a wet multicellular thunderstorm. It also reported a 69 mph gust during the 4:51 to 5:51 pm MDT hour. Doppler radar data shows that this gust probably occurred after 5:30 pm MDT. It also showed a wind shift from a west-southwest to a north-northeast direction as the storm passed to the northeast between the 5:51 and 6:51 pm MDT observations. This potentially could be classified as a wet microburst. Power and phone outages were reported in North Fork.
August 2019Flash FloodNorth Fork-A debris flow occurred above the Hot Springs ranch road south of the Tower Creek area. The Idaho Department of Transportation cleaned it up with a grader.
August 2019HailNorth Fork-A local business near the 4th of July Creek estimated the hail that fell to be the size of quarters.
September 2013Heavy RainNorth Fork-The Kriley Creek RAWS, located at 5,200 ft MSL, reported 0.52 of rain in one hour. Radar data reveals that the rain could have fallen much quicker in approximately 30 minutes or less.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Fork-Kriley Creek RAWS measured a gust of 73 mph. This site is at 5200 feet elevation.
August 2009Flash FloodNorth Fork-Law enforcement relayed reports of mudslides along the Forth of July Creek Road near milemarker 321 on Highway 93. The combination of mudslides, rocks and boulders made Fourth of July Creek Road impassable.
August 2009Flash FloodNorth Fork-Highway 93 was flooded with a debris flow at Kriley Creek.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindNorth Fork-The wind gust was measured by the Kriley Creek RAWS site.
August 2009HailNorth Fork-Quarter sized hail north of Carmen accumulated three to four inches deep.
July 2008Flash FloodNorth Fork-Local media received reports of minor debris flows along the North Fork of the Salmon River in and around the town of North Fork, ID and westward towards Shoup, ID from heavy rainfall that fell on the unstable slopes.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Fork-The Kriley Creek RAWS station reported a wind gust to 63 mph.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Fork-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Fork-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindNorth Fork-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lemhi 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
Ulysses (historical)9.1 miles10
Gibbonsville11.0 miles13
Carmen12.5 miles13
Leesburg14.1 miles10
Shoup15.1 miles10
Salmon16.7 miles13
Blackbird23.5 miles10
Cobalt25.0 miles10

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 North ForkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7055370The 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 396968. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.