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Potlatch Junction, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Potlatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83855. It stands on Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Potlatch quadrangle.

Potlatch Junction within Latah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Potlatch Junction between 1996 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use89 acresIdaho Department of LandsCHANEY
26 September 2018Debris and open burning56 acresIdaho Department of LandsGOLD HILL
23 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use25 acresIdaho Department of LandsDUTCH LANE
8 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGOLD CREEK GRASS
29 August 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsFLANNIGAN CREEK
8 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCLUBHOUSE
5 July 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRUDD
13 July 2004Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOUNTAIN HOME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah 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 Potlatch Junction: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Onaway MineKaolinPast Producer1902
Potlatch Clay DepositBrick ClayPast ProducerClay
Potlatch Corporation PitPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Potlatch PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brickner MineClayPast Producer1903
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Potlatch South Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrenceClay

Every working recorded in Latah 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
Potlatch1.9 miles12
Onaway2.3 miles12
Freeze2.3 miles12
Hampton4.6 miles12
Princeton5.4 miles12
Cora5.4 miles10
Mountain Home (historical)6.2 miles10
Yellow Dog (historical)6.3 miles13

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 Q122560486The 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 397064. 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.