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Sherwood Beach, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Priest River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83821. It stands on Soldier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coolin quadrangle.

Sherwood Beach 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 64 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
Natural64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestHOT LINE
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOUGAR CREEK
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMID CAMEL
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOOLIN BURBS
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSHERWOOD POWERLINE
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSTEAMBOAT BAY
27 September 2020Naturalunder an acrePriest Lake Area OfficeSHATTERED FIR
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of Lands255 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood Beach: 9 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
Binarch Cr. GroupIronProspect
Binarch Cr. Mining Co. ProspectGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceVein
IdahoCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Milwaukee MinesGold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Nevada Mines ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceVein
Nevada Mines ProspectLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Soldier Creek ProspectsBeryllium, MicaOccurrence1941
Sundance MountainBeryllium, MicaOccurrence
Woodrat MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer1905
Woodrat MineZinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast 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
Coolin1.3 miles16
Outlet Bay2.8 miles18
Dickensheet Junction4.7 miles18
Lamb Creek4.8 miles12
Vans Corner5.6 miles12
Nordman11.0 miles12
Four Corners16.4 miles17
Colburn17.6 miles16

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 Q122568719The 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 397157. 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.