BlockSelle, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sandpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83864. The Survey maps it on the Oden Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Oden Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Oden Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Selle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MYSTERY FIRE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pend Oreille Area Office | IRON HORSE |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LONE PINE |
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GREENHORN |
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | CITY OVERLOOK |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SWAMP VIEW |
| 8 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HWY 200 MM 37.1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Selle: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B R 132 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boyer Mines | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Davis Prospect | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Howard Davis Prospect | Silver, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Kootenai | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Kootenai Prospect | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | 1928 | |
| Lone Butte Prospect | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Reynolds Mine | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 390098. 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.