Pioneerville, Idaho
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Garden Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83622. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pioneerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1894 USGS Idaho Basin quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1894 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pioneerville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Pioneerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 189,680 acres in total. 97 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 97 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Boise National Forest | TOWN FIRE |
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SWEDE CREEK |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | ROCKY |
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | OPHIR CREEK |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | SWEDE CREEK |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise National Forest | TOWN CREEK |
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Boise National Forest | TOWN CREEK 2 |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | TOWN CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 104 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 104 workings within 5 miles of Pioneerville: 55 past producers, 21 occurrences, 18 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ader Group | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Ballinger Vein | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Bruser Mine | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Buckskin Group Prospect | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium | Occurrence | Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Buckskin Mine | Lead, Silver, Bismuth, Vanadium, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Buckskin Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bummer Mill Diggings | Gold, REE, Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| Columbite Mine | REE, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum | Producer | Columbite, Monazite | |
| Comeback Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1920, 1928 | |
| Comeback Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pioneerville in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Pioneerville | - | The mesonet station MRKI1 10.6 miles south of Lowman, ID reported 1.20 inches of heavy rain. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Pioneerville | - | The mesonet station, LLFI1, measured 0.68 inches of heavy rain at the NRAWS 18 site. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Grimes Pass | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Placerville | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Granite | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| New Centerville | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Washington Mill | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Star Ranch Summer Home Area | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Quartzburg | 7.5 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pioneerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28869260 | The 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 397042. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






