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Poorman, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It stands on Poorman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whiskey Butte quadrangle.

Poorman within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Poorman between 1992 and 2019, burning about 19 acres in total. 55 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
Natural55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
5 September 2019Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBOTTOM DIVIDE
26 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPIERCE POWER LINE
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMCCAULY CREEK
2 September 2019Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWEST DIVIDE
2 September 2019Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNORTH DIVIDE
2 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPORTERS CAMP
19 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDEMOCRAT RIDGE
17 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBECK FIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Poorman: 10 unknowns, 8 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Beryllium, Silver, Stone. 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
Cow Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Musselshell PitPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Pierce City DistrictGold, Mercury, Titanium, Iron, PlatinumProducer1860
American PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer
Woodchuck PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer
New OccurrenceBerylliumUnknown
Pierce Divide OccurrenceBerylliumOccurrenceBeryl
Placer Creek Beryl OccurrenceBerylliumOccurrenceVein
Boggs Gulch PlacersGoldUnknown
Boise QuartzGoldUnknown

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
Haley2.2 miles10
Omill2.3 miles10
Cow Creek2.5 miles10
Jaype3.4 miles14
Hollywood4.2 miles14
Pierce4.9 miles10
Oro Fino (historical)5.1 miles10
Judge Town5.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 394935. 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.