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Sawyer, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83860. It lies near Hoodoo Valley. The Survey maps it on the Laclede quadrangle.

Sawyer within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Sawyer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGOLD CUP
29 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsVERTICAL PILE
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBOBWIRE
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeROCKY TOP
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestRUSTLING LEAF
11 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeGOLD CUP
9 August 2016Natural1.9 acresIdaho Department of LandsROOP
8 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsESTATES LOOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner 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 Sawyer: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Uranium, Molybdenum, Graphite. 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
Brand S Laclede PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Halliwill ProspectUraniumOccurrence
SullivanGold, MolybdenumPast Producer
Sullivan MineGold, Molybdenum, GraphitePast ProducerUnderground
Unnamed LocationCopperOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bonner 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
Seneacquoteen0.5 miles16
Laclede1.8 miles16
Vay2.3 miles17
Riverside (historical)2.4 miles16
Thama4.9 miles16
Morton5.2 miles17
Edgemere5.7 miles17
Wrencoe6.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397135. 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.