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Schnoors, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bonners Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83805. The Survey maps it on the Bonners Ferry quadrangle.

Schnoors within Boundary County

On record in Schnoors

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Schnoors between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning39
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4

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
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRIVERSIDE
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWAGON WHEEL RD
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKootenai National Wildlife RefugeMYRTLE CREEK
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOONSHADOW
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCRAWFISH
25 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSNOW RIP
23 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTAMARACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Schnoors: 6 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfides, Stone, Uranium. 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
Arsenopyrite VeinArsenic, Iron, SulfidesOccurrence
Dehlbom PropertyUraniumProspect
Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow CreekSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
SandpitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boundary 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
Bonners Ferry1.2 miles12
Moravia3.5 miles12
Threemile Corner3.6 miles12
Allens Spur3.8 miles12
Burns5.3 miles12
Deep Creek5.4 miles12
Crossport6.3 miles12
Ritz6.4 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122554476The 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 400073. 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.