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Powell Junction, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk City census division. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Point quadrangle. It stands 5,873 feet above sea level.

Powell Junction within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Powell Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,971 acres in total. 151 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
Natural151
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSNORT HOLE
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsROCKY POINT
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsROCK CREEK
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSHOTGUN
4 September 2004Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBERNARD
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsBEAST
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Powell Junction: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Antimony, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
PapooseAntimony, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincProspect
Rocky Point PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fetch ClaimsGoldOccurrence
White Rock ClaimsGoldOccurrence

Every working 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
Elk Summit18.0 miles15
Lowell55.3 miles10
Clark Tree56.1 miles10
Red River Hot Springs60.3 miles10
Syringa61.1 miles10
York61.3 miles10
Glenwood63.4 miles9
Elk City64.4 miles11

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 Q7236080The 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 388837. 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.