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.
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.
- Jacob Maki Homesteadlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Lake Fork quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lake Fork quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JUGHANDLE 60 |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | JAVELIN |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JAVELIN |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SOUTH NORWOOD |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PADDY |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARREL |
| 16 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TWIN FORKS |
| 13 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JUG MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Creek Placer | Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Jacobs Property | Silica | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lake Fork Creek | REE, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Garnet | Unknown | ||
| Jacobs | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Jacobs Quartz | Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Fork County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Fork Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Soulen Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valley Rock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | Flood | Norwood | - | Norwood Road was closed at Maki Road due to water overflowing a drainage ditch. |
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.
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.





