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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.

Rocky Bar within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

64 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural51
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreBoise National Forest129 RD.
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestSTEEL
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestBOILER
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestSTEEL
27 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestLINCOLN CREEK #2
23 September 2004Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestSOLDIER
23 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestPINTO CREEK
21 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise National ForestWHISKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Commonwealth MineGold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Dismal Swamp Placer MineNiobium (Columbium), Titanium, Tantalum, UraniumPast ProducerPlacer
ElmoreGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Feather RiverREE, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknown
Feather River PlacerREE, Titanium, Iron, Silver, Garnet, Gold, ZirconiumPast ProducerPlacer
Idaho Gold Chief ProspectGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Lison MineGold, ArsenicPast ProducerVein
Ophir MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Passover ProspectGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1937
Pittsburg MineGold, Zinc, LeadUnknown

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023Heavy RainRocky Bar-The mesonet station TRMI1 8.7 miles west of Featherville, ID measured 0.95 inches of heavy rain.
August 2023Heavy RainRocky Bar-The mesonet station TRMI1 8.7 miles west of Featherville measured 0.90 inches of rain.

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Spanish Town (historical)2.3 miles14
Featherville5.7 miles16
Paradise Hot Springs9.4 miles16
Alturas City (historical)10.3 miles16
Atlanta11.6 miles16
Pine14.2 miles16
Prairie19.7 miles17
Reclamation Village26.6 miles16

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.