Quartzburg, Idaho
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Horseshoe Bend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83666. It lies near Confederate Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Placerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1894 USGS Idaho Basin quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1894 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Quartzburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 525 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 63 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WEST FORK |
| 9 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Boise National Forest | TOWN FIRE |
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | IOWA MINE ROAD |
| 7 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | OPHIR CREEK |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Boise National Forest | OLD HAHN |
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Boise National Forest | GRANITE |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | TRAIL CREEK |
| 24 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise National Forest | HARRIS CREEK SUMMIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 67 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Quartzburg: 34 past producers, 19 occurrences, 5 producers, 5 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Creek & West Fork | Thorium, Gold, Zirconium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | ||
| Belshazzar | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Rock | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Rock Deposit | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Blue Rock Deposit | Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Blue Rock Group | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Boise Basin | REE, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Buckskin Group Prospect | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium | Occurrence | Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Buckskin Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Canyon Creek Mine | Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | 1937 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Placerville | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Star Ranch Summer Home Area | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Centerville | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| New Centerville | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Pioneerville | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Grimes Pass | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Garden Valley | 9.1 miles | 14 |
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 Quartzburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058991 | The 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 397074. 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.








