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Prichard, Idaho

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Murray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83873. It stands on Prichard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prichard quadrangle. It stands 2,428 feet above sea level.

Prichard within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Prichard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 46 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestJT LOST
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBROWN CEDAR
9 August 2015Recreation and ceremony5.5 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestRIVER FLAT
8 August 2003Natural1.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestKINGS
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestWHITE CREEK
5 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestCEDAR 15
4 August 2014Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDELTA
4 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Prichard: 14 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 4 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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
Clear Grit and Rooster Goose MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer1908
Edwards ProspectLead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Four Square MineLead, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperProducer1884
FridayCopper, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Gold Coin MineGold, Lead, Copper, TungstenPast ProducerGold, Scheelite
Gold Coin MineGold, Tungsten, Lead, CopperUnknown
Jenkins ProspectGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, TungstenOccurrence
Jenkins ProspectGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, TungstenOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Scheelite
King MineGold, Tungsten, Copper, LeadPast Producer1884
Lucky Strike and Lake Ck ProspectSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shoshone County

Storms near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prichard in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012FloodPrichard$340,200Several days of moderate rain and excessive snow melt lead to numerous road washouts, plugged culverts, minor rock slides, flooded basements, and impassible roads from flooding across Shoshone County. These roads included: Bear Creek, Ross Ranch, Riverview, French Gulch, Old CDA River, Golf Course, Kelly Gulch, Wier Gulch, Trapper Creek, Upper Pine Creek Bridge, Lynch Gulch, Galena Gulch, Daly Gulch, Nine Mile, Placer Creek, Revenue, Gulch, Mullan, Bingville, Willow Acres, Sunny Slopes, Nuchols Gulch, Tank Creek, North Side, Markwell (between 6th and 7th), and numerous sections of the Saint Joe River Road (Forest Road 50). In addition, the flooding resulted in waste water overflow in the communities of Mullan, Osburn, and Smelterville with no known health risks at the time of the report.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPrichard$1,000Prichard Tavern reported a small utility trailer blown roughly 150 feet. Several tree limbs down. Pea size hail also observed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPrichard$1,000A tree was blown down on a power line at Coeur D Alene River Road at mile post 27.
August 1999WildfirePrichard-2 acre fire near Prichard

Every storm 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
Eagle3.2 miles18
Delta3.8 miles18
Thiard4.7 miles18
Nelson (historical)6.0 miles18
Murray6.6 miles18
Ferguson7.2 miles18
Carbon Center7.9 miles18
Steamboat (historical)9.0 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.

Wikipedia article on PrichardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058989The 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 374535. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.