Pottsville, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Mullan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83846. It lies near Klondike Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Lookout Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1914 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Saltese quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Lookout Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Lookout Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Pottsville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BRIMSTONE |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | WEST CROW |
| 20 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BORAX PILE |
| 19 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | ST. COPPER |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SPOKANE CR. |
| 17 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | CHIPMUNK CAMP |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COPPER GULCH |
| 16 September 2009 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | WONDERFUL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 122 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Pottsville (historical): 45 occurrences, 39 prospects, 21 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Prospect | Silver, Gold, Lead | Prospect | 1967 | |
| Amazon - Dixie Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Gold, Silver | |
| Atlas Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Queen | Silver, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Giant Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gold Hunter Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Antimony | Producer | 1884, 1887 | |
| Hunter Creek Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Idaho-Montana Silver Inc. | Copper, Uranium, Lead, Gold, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Silver, Copper | Producer | Lead, Sphalerite | |
| Lucky Calumet Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larson | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Dorsey (historical) | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Borax (historical) | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bullion (historical) | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Carbonate (historical) | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Tammany | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mullan | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Roland | 6.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399343. 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.










