Shells Lick, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grangeville census division. It lies near Delmage Ridge. The Survey maps it on the McKinzie Creek quadrangle.

Shells Lick within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS McKinzie Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Mc Kinzie Creek quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Shells Lick between 1994 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 48 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
Natural	48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	PINNACLE
5 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	BANNER TREE
2 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	SLY RIDGE
2 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	CANAL
2 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	BULL RUN
19 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	BULL RUN
18 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	PETER READY
15 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	LARRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Fourway Junction

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shells Lick: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Salmon River Lime	Limestone, General	Prospect
	Twin Cabin Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Slate Creek	9.4 miles	11
White Bird	9.9 miles	10
Copperville	10.9 miles	10
Asbestos Point	12.6 miles	12
Taylor	13.6 miles	10
Mount Idaho	13.8 miles	9
Sampson	14.5 miles	10
Florence	15.1 miles	10

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 Q122562860

The 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 397155. 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.