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Pollock, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Riggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83547. It stands on Hat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pollock quadrangle. It stands 2,333 feet above sea level.

Pollock within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Pollock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,540 acres in total. 82 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
Natural82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 1999Natural2.5 acresPayette National ForestCASTLE COUGAR
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePayette National ForestINDIAN
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsINDIAN CREEK
5 September 1997Natural3.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsWILD HORSE
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestLOCKWOOD POINT
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCORA
4 September 2007Natural3.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSAMPSON
3 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCHAIN SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pollock: 3 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, 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
Blue Gulch GroupGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Oregon Group ClaimsCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Wyant Creek ProspectGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Cora Gulch ProspectGold, CopperProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit 126Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pollock in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 1 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Debris FlowPollock$180,000Between 28-30 June 1.67 of rain was measured at the Riggins COOP (45.42/ -116.31). Around 10 AM on the 3rd a rockslide was reported near mile marker 188 on US Route 95 in Idaho. This slide closed both lanes of the highway. A bypass was built and opened on the 9th, however instability in the slope continued to hinder repair (which continued through much of the summer).
December 2012Heavy RainPollock-The Idaho Transportation Department reported a large rock slide that completely blocked U.S. Highway 95 at milepost 188 in the Salmon River canyon. Crews were able to open up one lane by the morning of December 3rd. It had been four to five years since there had been any similar problems in that area.

Every storm recorded in Idaho 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
Gotzinger2.6 miles13
DeVeny Place3.6 miles15
Potter Place4.3 miles15
McCrea Place6.3 miles15
Riggins7.9 miles13
Riggins Hot Springs12.3 miles13
Lucile15.6 miles10
French Creek19.2 miles12

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 PollockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7225706The 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 397056. 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.