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Rockville, Idaho

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83639. It stands on Dead Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockville quadrangle.

Rockville within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rockville between 1995 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3

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
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictSANDS BASIN
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictMM10 HWY 95
22 August 2013Natural56 acresBoise DistrictJUMP
13 August 1996Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictSAND BA
7 July 2002Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictFLAT TOP
28 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresBoise DistrictJUMP CK.
22 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use248 acresBoise DistrictDEADHORSE
11 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictMM6 HWY95

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rockville: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone, Zeolites, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Chrisman Hill MineZeolitesProducerClinoptilolite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
MahoganyGoldProspect
Gemstones MineGemstonePast Producer
Gemstones MineGemstonePast Producer
Unnamed SiteGemstoneProducer
Unnamed SiteGemstoneProducer

Every working recorded in Owyhee 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
Sands (historical)11.1 miles13
Givens Hot Springs16.1 miles14
Petersons Crossing16.6 miles14
Reynolds16.8 miles13
Marsing17.2 miles13
Claytonia17.9 miles13
Wilson18.5 miles14
Homedale19.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399552. 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.