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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Sawtooth quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Alturas Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Sun Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 17 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | CHICKEN |
| 5 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | PERKINS LAKE #1 |
| 4 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | BEAVER CREEK |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | PILGRIM |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | CAMPER |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | HORTON |
| 30 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | POLE CREEK |
| 30 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | PACIFICO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | Gold, Molybdenum, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Ajax Prospect | Lead, Gold, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Atlanta Mine | Silver, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Antimony, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia, Myrtie & Frankie Claims Mine | Silver, Antimony, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| Eureka Prospect | Lead, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Glory Group Prospect | Antimony, Zinc, Gold, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Stibnite | |
| Glory Group Prospect | Lead, Gold, Antimony, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Boy Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galena | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Easley Hot Springs | 17.7 miles | 16 | |
| Boulder | 18.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cathedral Pines | 18.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sun Valley | 29.3 miles | 17 | |
| Ketchum | 29.3 miles | 17 | |
| Elkhorn Village | 30.8 miles | 17 | |
| Clarendon Hot Springs | 32.4 miles | 17 |
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.





