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Peck, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. The Survey maps it on the Peck quadrangle.

Peck within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Peck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,473 acres in total. 25 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural25
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresNez Perce TribeBOULDERL1
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,631 acresClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationCLOVER
7 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresNez Perce TribeSOUTH ROAD
6 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor310 acresCottonwood Field OfficeHARPERSBND
6 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresNez Perce TribeCOOK'S GRADE
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEND OF RAINBOW
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWIXSON HEIGHTS SUB
4 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresNez Perce TribeLOUSE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Peck: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
DeweyGold, SilverPast Producer
Peck PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit No. 1StonePast Producer
Sylvanite Gold-Copper PropertyGold, CopperOccurrence
Teakean Asbestos ProspectAsbestosOccurrenceAnthophyllite
Cavendish QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
Cavendish4.2 miles10
Teakean4.6 miles10
Ahsahka5.8 miles11
Riverside7.2 miles10
Bruce Eddy7.6 miles11
Orofino9.5 miles10
Konkolville12.5 miles10
Blake13.7 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 Q49360289The 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 397985. 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.