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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.

Pottsville within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

47 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural32
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestBRIMSTONE
3 September 1998Natural1.0 acresLolo National ForestWEST CROW
20 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestBORAX PILE
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestST. COPPER
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSPOKANE CR.
17 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestCHIPMUNK CAMP
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestCOPPER GULCH
16 September 2009Natural7.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestWONDERFUL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 122 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allied ProspectSilver, Gold, LeadProspect1967
Amazon - Dixie MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerGold, Silver
Atlas MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Copper QueenSilver, Copper, LeadOccurrence
Giant MineCopper, Lead, SilverProspect
Gold Hunter MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, AntimonyProducer1884, 1887
Hunter Creek MineSilver, Lead, GoldProspect
Idaho-Montana Silver Inc.Copper, Uranium, Lead, Gold, ZincOccurrence
Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. ProspectLead, Zinc, Uranium, Silver, CopperProducerLead, Sphalerite
Lucky Calumet MineZinc, Lead, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Larson2.2 miles17
Dorsey (historical)2.2 miles17
Borax (historical)2.9 miles17
Bullion (historical)3.0 miles17
Carbonate (historical)3.2 miles17
Tammany3.7 miles12
Mullan5.1 miles17
Roland6.3 miles12

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.