Rubicon, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the New Meadows census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83654. It stands on Little Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Meadows quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New Meadows quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS New Meadows quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS New Meadows quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Rubicon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PINE |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | EAST BRANCH |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MUD CREEK |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK |
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | RUBICON |
| 26 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MIDDLE MUD |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TAMARACK |
| 21 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | UPPER MUD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rubicon: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Manganese Mts. | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| New Meadows Manganese Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Lost Lake Mine | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarack | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Ridge | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Woodland | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| New Meadows | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Evergreen | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Meadows | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Stevens | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Starkey | 10.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397120. 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.






