BlockSamuels, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sandpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83864. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Samuels between 1992 and 2020, burning about 93 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MYSTERY FIRE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pend Oreille Area Office | IRON HORSE |
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | FRENCH CREEK |
| 22 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BULL |
| 20 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | POS 032 SAMUELS |
| 18 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SMALL PILES |
| 16 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PACK LINE |
| 15 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | OVER THE HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Samuels: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, 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 | ||
| Berry Creek | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Berry Creek Mica Prospect | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Samuels in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Samuels | - | An amateur radio operator reported that the Pack river exceeded historical measurement. The USGS to asssess new rating of Dec 9,2015 at the gauge near Colburn, Idaho. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397133. 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.