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Robinson Bar, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Stanley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83278. It stands on Warm Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Robinson Bar quadrangle.

Robinson Bar within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Robinson Bar between 1992 and 2019, burning about 47 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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 September 2019Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestWARM SPRINGS
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestGOAT
26 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution31 acresSawtooth National ForestSUNBEAM
2 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestTORREY
6 August 2010Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestRED
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestTRIPLE SIX
30 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestBEAVER CREEK
18 August 1992Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestBOB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Robinson Bar: 22 prospects, 9 occurrences, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bluebird GroupSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Centauras WorkingsGold, Garnet, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, REE, UraniumPast Producer1870, 1900
Cold Creek Bar PlacerGold, Garnet, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, REEOccurrencePlacer
Copper-Lead ProspectLead, CopperProspect
Easy Bar PlacerGold, REE, Garnet, Titanium, Iron, ZirconiumOccurrencePlacer
Flintstone GroupSilver, Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperProspectScheelite
Gold - Silver ProspectSilver, GoldProspect
Hygrade ClaimsLead, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverProspectGalena, Gold, Molybdenite, Silver
Last Chance Number Five ProspectLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProspectAnglesite, Covellite, Cubanite, Jamesonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Mandate ProspectGold, Silver, UraniumProspect1958

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Sunbeam3.5 miles16
Torreys4.0 miles14
Bonanza8.9 miles16
Custer9.7 miles15
Lower Stanley13.4 miles16
Stanley14.0 miles16
Clayton14.7 miles13
Obsidian14.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398054. 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.