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Norwood, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the McCall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83638. The Survey maps it on the Lake Fork quadrangle.

Norwood within Valley County

On record in Norwood

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Norwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsJUGHANDLE 60
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestJAVELIN
5 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsJAVELIN
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH NORWOOD
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPADDY
22 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBARREL
16 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTWIN FORKS
13 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsJUG MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Norwood: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Silica, REE. 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
Boulder Creek PlacerTitaniumProspect
Jacobs PropertySilicaOccurrenceVein
Lake Fork CreekREE, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, GarnetUnknown
JacobsQuartzProspect
Jacobs QuartzQuartzPast Producer
Lake Fork County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Fork PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Soulen Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Valley County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwood in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 flood. 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
March 2014FloodNorwood-Norwood Road was closed at Maki Road due to water overflowing a drainage ditch.

Every storm recorded in Valley 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
Lake Fork1.9 miles13
Archabal2.8 miles13
Old Fort2.9 miles13
Spink3.2 miles13
Donnelly5.5 miles13
Elo (historical)5.6 miles16
Roseberry6.1 miles13
McCall7.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396973. 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.