Sands, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83639. It lies near Jump Creek Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Jump Creek Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sands within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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.

1892 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1894 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Sands Basin quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Murphy quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Jump Creek Canyon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Sands (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,252 acres in total. 1 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
Firearms and explosives use	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Fireworks	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Natural	1
Smoking	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 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Boise District	BURNTBLANK
5 September 2011	Smoking	33 acres	Boise District	JUMP
25 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Boise District	ON OFF ON
19 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Boise District	MP18HWY95
12 September 2020	Firearms and explosives use	3.9 acres	Boise District	ELLE
7 August 2002	Firearms and explosives use	109 acres	Boise District	SQUAW CRK
24 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11 acres	Boise District	POISON
23 August 2017	Firearms and explosives use	430 acres	Boise District	ELEPHANT

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sands (historical): 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Cobalt, Sodium, Halite, Pumice, Diatomite, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Claytonia Saline Deposit	Cobalt, Sodium, Halite	Occurrence	1914
McD Mine	Mercury, Semiprecious Gemstone	Past Producer	Cinnabar
Pumice Occurrence	Pumice, Diatomite	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Unnamed Pumice Occurrence	Pumice	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Owyhee 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Marsing	6.7 miles	13
Claytonia	6.9 miles	13
Homedale	8.9 miles	12
Owyhee Heights	10.2 miles	12
Rockville	11.1 miles	6
Givens Hot Springs	11.6 miles	14
Wilson	16.4 miles	14
Reynolds	21.8 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399550. 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.