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Peterson Corners, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83553. It stands on Swede Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pierce quadrangle.

Peterson Corners within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Peterson Corners between 1992 and 2019, burning about 76 acres in total. 63 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
Natural63
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBAT CREEK
9 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRIDGE APART
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSIBERIA
29 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsJERRY'S PLACE
22 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLACEY PILE BURN
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsWILD GOOSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Peterson Corners: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Beryllium, REE, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet. 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
Jim Brown CreekREE, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, GarnetUnknown
Musselshell Creek PlacerGold, REE, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, GarnetPast ProducerPlacer
Musselshell PlacersThorium, GoldProspect
R W Beck DepositClayUnknown
Allgood ProspectBerylliumOccurrenceAquamarine
Heywood Creek OccurrenceBerylliumOccurrenceBeryl
Musselshell PlacerGold, REE, ThoriumPast ProducerPlacer
Gold Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer

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
Musselshell3.1 miles10
Cardiff Mill6.6 miles10
Judge Town6.9 miles10
Jacobson7.1 miles10
Oro Fino (historical)7.3 miles10
Johnsons Mill7.4 miles10
Weippe7.5 miles10
Pierce8.0 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 Q122594490The 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 388368. 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.