BlockOld Fort, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the McCall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83638. It stands on Duffner Creek. The Survey maps it on the No Business Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 No Business Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS No Business Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS No Business Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Old Fort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 5 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | JAVELIN |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Payette National Forest | RAMJET |
| 5 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 63 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WHITE CLOUD |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JAVELIN |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARREL |
| 16 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Payette National Forest | CAN CREEK #2 |
| 16 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Payette National Forest | CAN CREEK #1 |
| 13 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | EAST LAKEFORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old Fort: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 396979. 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.