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Rocky Point, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Plummer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83851. It stands on Pedee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benewah Lake quadrangle.

Rocky Point within Benewah County

On record in Rocky Point

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 846 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 1 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
Natural25
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2012Natural10 acresNorthern Idaho AgencyUPPER ECHO
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthern Idaho AgencyHIKE IN THE PARK
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresSt. Joe Area OfficeCLIFF
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresMica Area OfficeCONKLING
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresIdaho Department of LandsPOWDERHORN
29 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsROCKY
26 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHIXSON
25 September 2002Debris and open burning20 acresNorthern Idaho AgencySKIPS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah 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 Rocky Point: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Stone, Dimension, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Chatcolet Lake Clay OccurrenceFire Clay (Refractory)OccurrenceClay
Ellis PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
QuarryStoneOccurrence
Round Lake Peat OccurrencePeatOccurrencePeat
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Benewah Clay DepositClayProspectClay
Benewah Lake Clay OccurrenceClayOccurrenceClay

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
Hawleys Landing1.1 miles9
Chatcolet1.5 miles9
Pedee1.6 miles9
Silvertip Landing2.9 miles9
Parkline3.4 miles9
Ramsdell3.7 miles9
Plummer Junction6.6 miles9
Plummer7.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397112. 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.