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Sawtooth City, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Ketchum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83340. It stands on Little Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alturas Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sawtooth City within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Sawtooth City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 568 acres in total. 10 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
Recreation and ceremony17
Smoking11
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestCHICKEN
5 September 1997Smokingunder an acreSawtooth National ForestPERKINS LAKE #1
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestBEAVER CREEK
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSawtooth National ForestPILGRIM
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSawtooth National ForestCAMPER
4 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreSawtooth National ForestHORTON
30 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSawtooth National ForestPOLE CREEK
30 September 2003Smokingunder an acreSawtooth National ForestPACIFICO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Sawtooth City (historical): 21 past producers, 15 occurrences, 11 prospects, 9 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony. 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
AjaxGold, Molybdenum, LeadOccurrence
Ajax ProspectLead, Gold, MolybdenumOccurrence
Atlanta MineSilver, FeldsparPast Producer
Columbia MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Antimony, LeadPast Producer
Columbia, Myrtie & Frankie Claims MineSilver, Antimony, Copper, GoldPast Producer1882
Eureka ProspectLead, Copper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Glory Group ProspectAntimony, Zinc, Gold, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Stibnite
Glory Group ProspectLead, Gold, Antimony, Zinc, SilverOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Lucky Boy MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Blaine 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
Galena9.9 miles16
Easley Hot Springs17.7 miles16
Boulder18.1 miles16
Cathedral Pines18.5 miles16
Sun Valley29.3 miles17
Ketchum29.3 miles17
Elkhorn Village30.8 miles17
Clarendon Hot Springs32.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 400072. 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.