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Paradise Hot Springs, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83647. It stands on Grouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Featherville quadrangle.

Paradise Hot Springs within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 1 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
Natural49
Recreation and ceremony18
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestPINE GULCH
8 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise National ForestESCAPED CAMPFIRE
4 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestLINCOLN CREEK
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestGREENS CREEK #2
17 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestPARK
14 September 2001Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestUPPER PARKS CREEK
13 September 1994Naturalunder an acreBoise National Forestnot named
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestNORTH FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Paradise Hot Springs: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Dog Creek ProspectSilver, BismuthProspect
Pine Grove DistrictGold, SilverProducerQUARTZ VEINS/SHEAR ZONE, PLACER
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Everrett Graves PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
South Fork Boise River PlacersGoldPast Producer
South Park Dredging Co.GoldPast ProducerPlacer
Bridge Hot SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Featherville4.0 miles16
Pine5.2 miles16
Rocky Bar9.4 miles14
Spanish Town (historical)10.8 miles14
Prairie16.3 miles17
Alturas City (historical)18.1 miles16
Dixie18.7 miles16
Atlanta18.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397006. 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.