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Renfrew, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83866. It stands on Sheep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa quadrangle.

Renfrew within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Renfrew between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 4 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
Natural23
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Joe Area OfficeLAST
6 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCROSBY 2
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTRAM CREEK
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOLDIER CREEK
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTYSON CREEK
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsRENFRO ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Renfrew: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Benewah Shoshone DepositIronOccurrence
Fernwood MillGarnetPast Producer
Fernwood PitStoneProducer
Ifi Fernwood PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Tyson PlacerGold, TelluriumProducerGold
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
White Elephant MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benewah 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
Santa0.7 miles9
Tyson Creek Station1.5 miles9
Wayland2.4 miles9
Fernwood3.3 miles10
Mashburn3.9 miles9
Flat Creek6.7 miles9
Cardwell8.0 miles10
Rover8.4 miles10

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 Q7313154The 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 376176. 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.