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Old Beaver, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83423. It stands on Dairy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spencer North quadrangle.

Old Beaver within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Old Beaver between 1993 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
13 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestDRY
9 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBEAVER CREEK
28 August 1997Recreation and ceremony55 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestDRY CREEK
17 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestRAIL
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCHINA POINT
1 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSIGNAL PEAK
8 July 2004Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSIGNAL
6 July 2001Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBEAVER CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old Beaver: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony, Silver, 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
Lone Pine GroupAntimony, Silver, GoldProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Spencer3.5 miles8
Humphrey5.7 miles8
Highbridge8.8 miles8
Idmon15.5 miles9
Kilgore16.1 miles9
Dubois16.3 miles8
Eighteenmile17.4 miles9
Jones Crossing22.4 miles9

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 Q122541056The 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 397961. 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.