Rocky Bar, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83647. It stands on Steel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Bar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Rocky Bar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Rocky Bar quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Bar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146,916 acres in total. 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | 129 RD. |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | STEEL |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | BOILER |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | STEEL |
| 27 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LINCOLN CREEK #2 |
| 23 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | SOLDIER |
| 23 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | PINTO CREEK |
| 21 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise National Forest | WHISKEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Bar: 28 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, REE, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Dismal Swamp Placer Mine | Niobium (Columbium), Titanium, Tantalum, Uranium | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Elmore | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Feather River | REE, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Feather River Placer | REE, Titanium, Iron, Silver, Garnet, Gold, Zirconium | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Idaho Gold Chief Prospect | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite | |
| Lison Mine | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Ophir Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Passover Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1937 | |
| Pittsburg Mine | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocky Bar in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Rocky Bar | - | The mesonet station TRMI1 8.7 miles west of Featherville, ID measured 0.95 inches of heavy rain. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Rocky Bar | - | The mesonet station TRMI1 8.7 miles west of Featherville measured 0.90 inches of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Town (historical) | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Featherville | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Hot Springs | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Alturas City (historical) | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Atlanta | 11.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pine | 14.2 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie | 19.7 miles | 17 | |
| Reclamation Village | 26.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398062. 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.





