BlockBefore

North Lewiston, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lewiston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83501. It stands on Lindsay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarkston quadrangle.

North Lewiston within Nez Perce County

On record in North Lewiston

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of North Lewiston between 1997 and 2020, burning about 345 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce TribeEVENTS
8 August 1997Smokingunder an acreNez Perce TribeCASINO
6 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce TribeNORTH CASINO
31 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNez Perce TribeCASINO LINE
25 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNez Perce TribeS & S
21 August 1997Smoking34 acresNez Perce TribeHERCO
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresIdaho Department of LandsGRANITE LANE
17 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresNez Perce TribeSLEEPING CHIEF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of North Lewiston: 10 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold. 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
Clarkston PlacerGold, Zirconium, Titanium, IronPast Producer
Barnes PitStoneProducer
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Collins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kaufman QuarryStoneProducer
McGregor PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northwest AggregatesStonePast Producer
Clarkston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clarkston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Duthie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Nez Perce 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
Lewiston0.9 miles12
Transfer1.4 miles12
Valley View Heights1.8 miles9
Hatwai2.1 miles9
Forebay2.3 miles9
Gurney2.8 miles9
Lewiston Orchards3.4 miles9
Leon7.6 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122567453The 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 387827. 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.