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Santa, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83866. It stands on Renfro Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa quadrangle. It stands 2,661 feet above sea level.

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Santa within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Santa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 3 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
Natural23
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Joe Area OfficeLAST
6 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCROSBY 2
3 September 2004Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEMIDA PEAK
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTRAM CREEK
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOLDIER CREEK
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTYSON CREEK
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsRENFRO ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Santa: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Fernwood MillGarnetPast Producer
Fernwood PitStoneProducer
Ifi Fernwood PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Tyson PlacerGold, TelluriumProducerGold
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
White Elephant MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benewah County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSanta$5,000A member of the public reported several 50 foot cottonwood trees blown over onto highway 3 between Fernwood and Emerald Creek along with dime sized hail not far from Santa, Idaho.
December 2015FloodSanta-A federal agency reported water out of bank near Santa, Idaho on the St Maries river and an ice jam.
August 2013HailSanta-A weather spotter in Fernwood reported hail one inch in diameter. Time was estimated based on radar.
July 1998HailSanta-three quarter inch diameter hail
July 2006HailSanta-no account filed

Every storm 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
Renfrew0.7 miles9
Wayland1.7 miles9
Tyson Creek Station2.2 miles9
Mashburn3.2 miles9
Fernwood4.0 miles10
Flat Creek6.1 miles9
Cardwell7.3 miles10
Rover7.7 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SantaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7419132The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 374904. 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.