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Rebecca, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Weiser census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83672. It stands on Mann Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weiser Cove quadrangle.

Rebecca within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Rebecca between 1992 and 2015, burning about 3,509 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 August 1998Natural1.0 acresBoise DistrictTOE JAM
4 August 2002Natural9.0 acresBoise DistrictBECKY
17 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1,330 acresBoise DistrictMANN
16 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined364 acresBoise DistrictSAGEBRUSH
31 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresBoise DistrictBEAR
12 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,092 acresBoise DistrictRIVER
31 May 1992Debris and open burning704 acresBoise DistrictLOWERMANNS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rebecca: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Geothermal, Clay. 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
Clay OccurrenceClayPast Producer
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Weiser Silica ProspectClay, Feldspar, SilicaOccurrence
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weiser Crushing PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rebecca in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 heavy rain, 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 2023Heavy RainRebecca-The mesonet station DW9477 near Minden, ID measured 1.24 inches of rain.
June 2023Heavy RainRebecca-The mesonet station, DW9477, near Minden, ID measured 0.48 inches of heavy rain.
March 2014FloodRebecca-Moderate flooding on the Weiser River due to heavy rain and snowmelt occurred around the Weiser area affecting many of the county roads and the south and east part of the town.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Feltham4.5 miles16
Crystal5.4 miles16
Weiser5.9 miles16
Concrete8.6 miles15
Barton10.4 miles15
Jonathan10.5 miles12
Eaton12.1 miles12
Diamond12.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398033. 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.