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Omega, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83861. It stands on Street Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joe Baldy quadrangle.

Omega within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Omega between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSJS 7 MILE
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS 2
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTURTLE
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDITCH LINE
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWOLF DRAW
22 September 1992Debris and open burning20 acresNorthern Idaho Agencynot named
17 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRIVERDALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Omega: 4 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Five Group ProspectCopper, Zinc, Lead, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyromorphite
Carmon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engle Mtn.Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperUnknown
Green Back Claim GroupZinc, Silver, LeadProspect
Greenback ProspectIronOccurrence
Hired Girl ProspectCopper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite
Mauro PitStoneProducer
Monarch ProspectLead, Copper, ZincProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Silver Star ProspectGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceBrick ClayOccurrenceClay

Every working recorded in Benewah 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
Milltown3.5 miles10
Riverdale4.1 miles10
Meadowhurst4.5 miles10
Saint Maries4.7 miles10
Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff6.6 miles10
Saint Joe6.8 miles10
Flat Creek7.0 miles9
Cardwell9.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397962. 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.