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Old Golden, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It stands on Buckhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle.

Old Golden within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Old Golden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 68 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
Natural68
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsNEW YORK
7 September 2006Natural28 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBAKER
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsHAYSTACK
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsPROUX
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSTAR
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsRABBIT
30 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsWILLIAMS CREEK
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSIX MILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Old Golden: 27 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Tungsten. 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
AnacondaGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Buckhorn DepositGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerVein
Buffalo-Idaho MineGold, SulfidesPast Producer1900
Center Star MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1907
Coeur d'Alene MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1898
Gilt Edge MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1908, 1913
Lone Pine MineGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1907, 1916
New York MineGold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Iron, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1900, 1915
North Hill MineGold, Beryllium, SulfidesPast Producer1897
Tenmile DistrictGold, TungstenOccurrenceQUARTZ - SULFIDE VEINS

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Fall Creek1.6 miles13
Golden2.1 miles13
Mud Springs6.3 miles14
Orogrande8.2 miles12
Newsome8.3 miles13
Calendar11.4 miles13
Elk City11.8 miles11
York12.4 miles10

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 Q122543776The 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 396980. 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.