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Roland, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It stands on Roland Point. The Survey maps it on the Lookout Pass quadrangle.

Roland within Shoshone County

On record in Roland

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

8 surveys from 12 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

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Roland between 1994 and 2017, burning about 28 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
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 acreLolo National ForestBRIMSTONE
20 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestBORAX PILE
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestST. COPPER
19 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestLOOP CREEK 8
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestCOPPER GULCH
16 September 2009Natural7.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestWONDERFUL
13 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestMOSS CREEK
1 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestWONDERFUL TRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Roland: 19 occurrences, 9 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Lead, Gold, Copper. 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
Amazon - Dixie MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerGold, Silver
Amazon-Dixie MineCopper, Zinc, LeadProspect
Big ElkGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Big Elk MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
Crown Silver GroupZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Fourth of July Silver ProspectLead, SilverProspectVein
Inland MineCopper, LeadProducerVein
MonitorLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Monitor MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer1885, 1892, 1977
North Star ProspectCopper, SilverOccurrence1896

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Falcon2.2 miles12
Bullion (historical)3.6 miles17
Pearson3.7 miles12
Borax (historical)3.8 miles17
Tammany3.8 miles12
Adair4.0 miles12
Bogle4.1 miles12
Kyle (historical)5.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398068. 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.